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== Current majority ==
== Current majority ==
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After the [[United States Senate elections, 2012|2012 elections]], the Democratic Party gained majority of the chamber. In total there are currently 17 Democratic Senators and 15 Republican Senators.
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After the [[United States Senate elections, 2014|2014 elections]], the Democratic Party widened its majority in the chamber. In total there are currently 20 Democratic Senators and 11 Republican Senators.
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! Seats
! Seats
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| bgcolor="blue"| || '''[[Democratic Party]] || '''17'''
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| bgcolor="blue"| || '''[[Democratic Party]] || '''20'''
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[Republican Party]]''' || 15
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[Republican Party]]''' || 12
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The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
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*President pro tempore: [[Jackson P. Rockefeller]] (D-OH)
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*President pro tempore: [[Dmitri Kowalchuk]] (D-FL)
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*Majority Leader: [[Sebastian Williams]] (D-NC)
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*Majority Leader: [[Jackson P. Rockefeller]] (D-OH)
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*Majority Whip: [[George Jameson]] (D-IL)
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*Majority Whip: [[Victor Bradshaw]] (D-NY)
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*Minority Leader: [[Jefferson Pooty]] (R-LA)
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*Minority Leader: [[Thomas Lane]] (R-UT)
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*Minority Whip: [[Braxton S. Morrison]] (R-LA)
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*Minority Whip: [[Alejandro Sanchez]] (R-FL)
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*Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: [[Bryan McLaggen]] (D-KY)
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*Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: [[Edward T. Wyatt]] (D-TX)
*Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: [[Anthony Sherman]] (D-WA)
*Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: [[Anthony Sherman]] (D-WA)
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*Chair of Judiciary Committee: [[Kevin Santos-Carter]] (D-NY)
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*Chair of Judiciary Committee: [[Jennifer Dixon]] (D-MA)
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*Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: [[Dmitri Kowalchuk]] (D-FL)
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*Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: [[John Kent]] (D-OH)
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*Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: [[Sergei Kerzhakov]] (R-FL)
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*Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: [[Braxton S. Morrison]] (R-LA)
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*Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: [[Matt Everson]] (R-MD)
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*Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: [[Daniel Morey]] (R-MI)
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*Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: [[Thomas Lane]] (R-UT)
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*Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: [[Alejandro Sanchez]] (R-FL)
*Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: [[Elizabeth Cauthon]] (R-MO)
*Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: [[Elizabeth Cauthon]] (R-MO)
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! Cycle
! Cycle
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Bryan McLaggen ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Kentucky || 2011* || 1  
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ currently vacant ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || n/a || n/a || 1  
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Obediah Maysfield ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Tennessee || 2012 || 3  
| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Obediah Maysfield ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Tennessee || 2012 || 3  
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ currently vacant ]] || Appalachia || Shenandoah Valley || n/a || n/a || 1
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ David F. Blount ]] || Appalachia || Shenandoah Valley || North Carolina || 2014 || 1
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Sebastian Williams ]] || Appalachia || Shenandoah Valley || North Carolina || 2010 || 2
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Sebastian Williams ]] || Appalachia || Shenandoah Valley || North Carolina || 2010 || 2
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Braxton S. Morrison ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Louisiana || 2013* || 2  
| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Braxton S. Morrison ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Louisiana || 2013* || 2  
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Jefferson Pooty ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Lousiana || 2010 || 3  
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Patricia Sorenson ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Alabama || 2015 || 3  
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Sergei Kerzhakov ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2010 || 1
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Alejandro Sanchez ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2015 || 1
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Dmitri Kowalchuk ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2010 || 2
| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Dmitri Kowalchuk ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2010 || 2
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Elizabeth Cauthon ]] || Heartlands || Farmbelt || Missouri || 2011* || 3
| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Elizabeth Cauthon ]] || Heartlands || Farmbelt || Missouri || 2011* || 3
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Herbert Nielson ]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2010 || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Basil L. Taylor  ]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2014 || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Edward T. Wyatt ]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2012 || 3
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Edward T. Wyatt ]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2012 || 3
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| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Matt Everson ]] || Mid-Atlantic  || Atlantic Seaboard || Maryland || 2012 || 3
| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Matt Everson ]] || Mid-Atlantic  || Atlantic Seaboard || Maryland || 2012 || 3
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Patrick Larson ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Minnesota || 2011* || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Rebekah Merrilin ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Michigan || 2014 || 2
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| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Daniel J. Morey ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Michigan || 2011* || 3
| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Daniel J. Morey ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Michigan || 2011* || 3
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ George Jameson ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2010 || 1
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Jim Reed  ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2015 || 1
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Angelina Stamford ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2014* || 3
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Angelina Stamford ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2014* || 3
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Jennifer Dixon ]] || Northeast || New England || Massachusetts || 2013* || 1
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Jennifer Dixon ]] || Northeast || New England || Massachusetts || 2013* || 1
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Brea O'Connor ]] || Northeast || New England || New Hampshire || 2013* || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Ross Kessler ]] || Northeast || New England || Maine || 2014 || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Victor Bradshaw ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2013* || 2
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Victor Bradshaw ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2013* || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Santos-Carter ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2012 || 3
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Santos-Carter ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2012 || 3
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| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Klaus Guderian ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Alaska || 2014* || 2
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Emma Adcock ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2014 || 2
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Ken MacLeod ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2010 || 3  
| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Ken MacLeod ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2010 || 3  
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Anthony Sherman ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Washington || 2011* || 1  
| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Anthony Sherman ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Washington || 2011* || 1  
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ James Kwan  ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Washington || 2012 || 2  
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Waylon W. Grabowski ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Oregon || 2014 || 2  
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Alex Jameson ]] || Southwest || California || California || 2013* || 1
| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Alex Jameson ]] || Southwest || California || California || 2013* || 1
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''Note: * indicates Senators appointed to a vacant Senate seat and Senators who won a special election outside the regular election cycles. For more information please visit [http://http://www.usgovsim.net/USG/index.php?s=&showtopic=3922&view=findpost&p=47592 www.senate.gov/seniority]
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{{United States Senate elections}}
{{United States Senate elections}}

Revision as of 11:27, 25 May 2009

United States Senate

The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. It is known informally as the "upper house." The Senate consists of 32 senators divided over the 16 regions in USA.

Current majority

After the 2014 elections, the Democratic Party widened its majority in the chamber. In total there are currently 20 Democratic Senators and 11 Republican Senators.

Party Seats
Democratic Party 20
Republican Party 12

Senate leadership

The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:


  • Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Edward T. Wyatt (D-TX)
  • Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: Anthony Sherman (D-WA)
  • Chair of Judiciary Committee: Jennifer Dixon (D-MA)
  • Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: John Kent (D-OH)

Current Senators By Region

Note: * indicates Senators appointed to a vacant Senate seat and Senators who won a special election outside the regular election cycles. For more information please visit www.senate.gov/seniority
Senator Superregion Region State Elected
Year Cycle
currently vacant Appalachia Bluegrass n/a n/a 1
Obediah Maysfield Appalachia Bluegrass Tennessee 2012 3
David F. Blount Appalachia Shenandoah Valley North Carolina 2014 1
Sebastian Williams Appalachia Shenandoah Valley North Carolina 2010 2
Braxton S. Morrison Gulf Coast Deep South Louisiana 2013* 2
Patricia Sorenson Gulf Coast Deep South Alabama 2015 3
Alejandro Sanchez Gulf Coast Seminole Florida 2015 1
Dmitri Kowalchuk Gulf Coast Seminole Florida 2010 2
Peter Fossil Heartlands Farmbelt Oklahoma 2013* 1
Elizabeth Cauthon Heartlands Farmbelt Missouri 2011* 3
Basil L. Taylor Heartlands Texas Texas 2014 2
Edward T. Wyatt Heartlands Texas Texas 2012 3
Jackson Rockefeller Mid-Atlantic Alleghenies Ohio 2010 2
John Kent Mid-Atlantic Alleghenies Ohio 2010 3
Teddy Weinberg Mid-Atlantic Atlantic Seaboard New Jersey 2010 1
Matt Everson Mid-Atlantic Atlantic Seaboard Maryland 2012 3
Rebekah Merrilin Midwest Great Lakes Michigan 2014 2
Daniel J. Morey Midwest Great Lakes Michigan 2011* 3
Jim Reed Midwest Wabash Valley Illinois 2015 1
Angelina Stamford Midwest Wabash Valley Illinois 2014* 3
Jennifer Dixon Northeast New England Massachusetts 2013* 1
Ross Kessler Northeast New England Maine 2014 2
Victor Bradshaw Northeast New York New York 2013* 2
Santos-Carter Northeast New York New York 2012 3
Emma Adcock Northwest Big Sky Country Montana 2014 2
Ken MacLeod Northwest Big Sky Country Montana 2010 3
Anthony Sherman Northwest Cascadia Washington 2011* 1
Waylon W. Grabowski Northwest Cascadia Oregon 2014 2
Alex Jameson Southwest California California 2013* 1
Jackson Watkiss Southwest California California 2010 2
Markus Rasan Southwest Sunbelt Arizona 2010 1
Thomas Lane Southwest Sunbelt Nevada 2012 3
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