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 36 senators divided over the 18 regions in USA.

Contents 1 Current majority 2 Senate leadership 3 Current Senators By Region 4 External links

Current majority

After the 2016 elections and subsequent changes over the session, the current division of the US Senate are as follows.

	Party	Seats
	Democratic Party	19
	Republican Party	17
	Independent	0

Giving the Democratic Paty the US Senate Majority. With the Presidential Elections of 2016 Vice President Andrew Brockmeier became the new presiding president of the senate.

Senate leadership

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

• President pro tempore: William Clarke
• Majority Leader: Calum Daniels
• Majority Whip: Red Blanchard

• Minority Leader: Akeem Mellis
• Minority Whip: Jason Gillikin

• Chair of Regulations and Commerce Committee: Zack Litchfield
• Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: Bradley Abbott
• Chair of Judiciary Committee: Teddy Williams
• Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: Kathryn Spencer

Current Senators By Region

	Senator	Superregion	Region	State	Elected
					Year	Cycle
	Peter Vandenberg	Appalachia	Ohio Valley	Ohio	2016	1
	Troy Carter	Appalachia	Ohio Valley	Ohio	2016*	3
	Avery Passerday	Appalachia	Shenandoah Valley	North Carolina	2011	1
	Calum Daniels	Appalachia	Shenandoah Valley	North Carolina	2012	2
	Valeria Smith	Big Sky Country	Great Plains	Oklahoma	2004	1
	Joshua Long	Big Sky Country	Great Plains	Kansas	2008	3
	Keiko Kagura	Big Sky Country	Rocky Mountains	Montana	2011	2
	Thomas Fletcher	Big Sky Country	Rocky Mountains	Wyoming	2015	3
	Steve Rayburn	Dixie	Florida	Florida	2014	1
	Constantine Gurlakis	Dixie	Florida	Florida	2012	2
	Al Marshall	Dixie	Southeast	Tennessee	2014	2
	Alyssa Richards	Dixie	Southeast	Georgia	2011	3
	Bryan Jennings	Heartland	Great Lakes	Michigan	2016	1
	Jason Gillikin	Heartland	Great Lakes	Michigan	2011	3
	Gregory Wolff	Heartland	Illinois	Illinois	2006	2
	Teddy Williams	Heartland	Illinois	Illinois	2013	3
	Vincent Giorelli	Mid-Atlantic	Atlantic Seaboard	New Jersey	2006	2
	Grace Straka	Mid-Atlantic	Atlantic Seaboard	New Jersey	2012	3
	Kathryn Spencer	Mid-Atlantic	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	2004	1
	Chastity Roberts	Mid-Atlantic	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	2016	2
	Evelyn Breaux	Mississippi Valley	Gulf Coast	Louisiana	2016	1
	Red Blanchard	Mississippi Valley	Gulf Coast	Louisiana	2012	2
	Ron Casey	Mississippi Valley	Midwest	Minnesota	2016	1
	Andrew Graham	Mississippi Valley	Midwest	Minnesota	2016	2
	Howell Kent	Northeast	New England	Massachusetts	2015	1
	Joseph Salazar-Portela	Northeast	New England	Connecticut	2012	2
	Zack Litchfield	Northeast	New York	New York	2011	1
	Nicole Peebles	Northeast	New York	New York	2014	3
	Caden Windsor	Sunbelt	Southwest	Nevada	2004	1
	Akeem Mellis	Sunbelt	Southwest	Colorado	2008	3
	Kyle Van Horn	Sunbelt	Texas	Texas	2012	2
	Buford T Justice	Sunbelt	Texas	Texas	2013	3
	Hys Clematis	West Coast	California	California	2017	2
	Thomas Byerly	West Coast	California	California	2013	3
	William Rooke Clarke	West Coast	Pacific Coast	Washington	2015	1
	Ross Kesler	West Coast	Pacific Coast	Oregon	2013	3

External links

• Historical Senate Membership

United States Senate Elections
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