People in your state vote for you
Abraham Lincoln won the 1858 Republican Party nomination for senator for Illinois.
They are nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate.
Be nominated by the President and then confirmed by the Senate.
They are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
They're not elected; they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
The senate
The President. George Washington, nominated and the Senate confirmed John Jay, first Chief Justice.
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LBJ
Appointments to the Supreme Court are nominated by the President and approved by the United States Senate. There is a hearing, and one more than half of the Senate must approve in the affirmative for the appointment to be valid.
Barak Obama was the first to be both nominated and elected; others like Jesse Jackson have run, but were not nominated.