The full term of a US Senator is 6 years.
Lincoln never held a seat in the US Senate, but he ran for it in 1858 against Douglas.
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
The US senate is elected for 6 years
Alfred H. Colquitt
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There were 35 US Senate seats voted upon in the November 2008 elections including 33 normally scheduled seats, 1 seat open by retirement, and 1 seat open due to the death of the seat's previous occupant.
yeah hes senator of Iowa
no he did not won the senate seat
yes- this is not an unusual occurrence.
Abraham Lincoln ran for the US senate seat of Illinois in 1856. He based his election run on his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. of 1854. He lost to Lyman Trumbull.