34 U. S. Senate seats, one from each of 34 states, come up for election every six years, including 2016.
33 U. S. Senate seats, one from each of 33 states, come up for election in every other even-numbered year.
Technically the answer would be none, since US Senatorare up for election every six (6) years. Their reelections are staggered so that the Senate is not completely changed every six (6) years and so it does not disrupt the continuity of the Senate.
But US Congressmen are up for reelection every two year.
The total number of US Congressmen as set by law is 435 at this time.
So every two years all 435 are up for reelection. If the incumbents were totally out of favor, we could have a totally new House of Representatives after each election.
The Senate is elected every 6 years and the Senate is divided into classes so a third is up for election at any one time. Only the House has a 2 year term.
The Senate is elected every 6 years and the Senate is divided into classes so a third is up for election at any one time. Only the House has a 2 year term.
about one thirdIn the United States Senate, roughly one-third of the seats are up for election every two years. There are 100 members of the US Senate.
435 senators are re- elected.
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1/3 of Senate seats are up for election every two years.
U.S. Senate seats are divided among three classes. The classes have nothing to do with rank; they determine only the beginning and end dates for the three overlapping U.S. Senate terms. At the time statehood is granted, the two Senate seats to which each state is entitled are added to two of the classes. Class 1 Senate seats come up for election every six years including 2012. Class 2 Senate seats come up for election every six years including 2014. Class 3 Senate seats come up for election every six years including 2016.
United States Senators serve six-year terms that are staggered, so that every two years, a third of all Senate seats would be up for election.
3 house seats and 2 senate seats but the election in 2012 will drop from 17 to 16 so house and senate seats will be cut back
senate seats are never up for reelection at the same time
All 441 seats in the House of Representatives will be up for election, including all 435 voting seats and all 6 non-voting seats. 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will also be up for election. As such, 474 (87.6%) of the 541 seats in Congress will be up for election in the 2012 federal cycle.
The U.S. Senate. Senators serve six-year terms, and every two years, one-third of the Senate seats are up for election. This staggered election system allows for continuity of legislative representation.
Every two years, all of 435 congressional seats are up for election. In the Senate, however, their terms are staggered and approximately one- third of 100 the seats are up or election every two years since. Senators do serve for six years.
opening day in the house 435 seats are up for election. opening day in the senate, only 1/3 of the seats are open for election.
Of the 100 seats in the 110th Congress that was seated between 2007 - 2009, there were 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans and 2 Independents. From 2003 - 2007 (the 108th and 109th Congresses), the Republican Party held the majority.
It is said to be only a third of them -33 to 34- expire every two years, that is why the Senate is also called a continuous body, because all its seats are never up for election at the same time.
The term is for six years. Approximately 1/3 of all senate seats are up for election every two years.