All U.S Senators Serve terms of 6 years unless kicked out or re-elected
The 2007 population of Illinois was 12,852,548 [US Census website]. There are 59 districts for the Illinois State Senate [Wikipedia]. Doing the math, it's about:
The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from individual legislative districts determined by population. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, senators are divided into three groups, each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms.
Senators in the US are elected for a period of six years. They can be re-elected.
Each state has 2 Senators, so there are 100 Senators. Senators are elected to a 6-year term.
Senators can be in office for how ever long they are elected for but the election for new senators is every 6 years.
Senators are elected by the voters of the State in which they reside.
Senators are elected by the people.
Six-year terms
Dick Durbin was the senior U.S. Senator from Illinois. Obama was replaced in the Senate by Roland W. Burris.
There are 59 State Senators in the Illinois Senate and two US Senators from Illinois in the US Senate.
Senators and Representatives are elected by a
All senators are elected. There are no senators that are appointed to the position. This is true for both state and federal senators.