United States Senate
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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 2012 elections, the Democratic Party gained majority of the chamber. In total there are currently 17 Democratic Senators and 15 Republican Senators.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 17 | |
| Republican Party | 15 |
Senate leadership
The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
- President pro tempore: Jackson P. Rockefeller (D-OH)
- Majority Leader: Sebastian Williams (D-NC)
- Majority Whip: George Jameson (D-IL)
- Minority Leader: Jefferson Pooty (R-LA)
- Minority Whip: Braxton S. Morrison (R-LA)
- Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Bryan McLaggen (D-KY)
- Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: Anthony Sherman (D-WA)
- Chair of Judiciary Committee: Kevin Santos-Carter (D-NY)
- Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: Dmitri Kowalchuk (D-FL)
- Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Sergei Kerzhakov (R-FL)
- Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: Matt Everson (R-MD)
- Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: Thomas Lane (R-UT)
- Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: Elizabeth Cauthon (R-MO)
Current Senators By Region
| Senator | Superregion | Region | State | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Cycle | |||||
| Bryan McLaggen | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Kentucky | 2011* | 1 | |
| Obediah Maysfield | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Tennessee | 2012 | 3 | |
| currently vacant | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | n/a | n/a | 1 | |
| Sebastian Williams | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | North Carolina | 2010 | 2 | |
| Braxton S. Morrison | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Louisiana | 2013* | 2 | |
| Jefferson Pooty | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Lousiana | 2010 | 3 | |
| Sergei Kerzhakov | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2010 | 1 | |
| Dmitri Kowalchuk | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2010 | 2 | |
| Peter Fossil | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Oklahoma | 2013* | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Cauthon | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Missouri | 2011* | 3 | |
| Herbert Nielson | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2010 | 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 | |
| Patrick Larson | Midwest | Great Lakes | Minnesota | 2011* | 2 | |
| Daniel J. Morey | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2011* | 3 | |
| George Jameson | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2010 | 1 | |
| Angelina Stamford | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2014* | 3 | |
| Jennifer Dixon | Northeast | New England | Massachusetts | 2013* | 1 | |
| Brea O'Connor | Northeast | New England | New Hampshire | 2013* | 2 | |
| Victor Bradshaw | Northeast | New York | New York | 2013* | 2 | |
| Santos-Carter | Northeast | New York | New York | 2012 | 3 | |
| Klaus Guderian | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Alaska | 2014* | 2 | |
| Ken MacLeod | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Montana | 2010 | 3 | |
| Anthony Sherman | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2011* | 1 | |
| James Kwan | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2012 | 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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