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.
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A primary election is a public election run by government officials to determine which candidate will represent a political party in a general election. It is a way for party members or registered voters to choose their party's nominee for a specific office. The winning candidate from the primary election will then go on to compete in the general election.
No. Because one of the qualifications of a congressman is that he must be a natural-born citizen.
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General election.
That depends on things like the position someone is being elected for and the country the election is being run in, as they have different systems. Anyone in a class of a school could run for a class president election as there would be no restrictions, whereas there would be many requirements for someone to run for president of a country.
Direct primary is the election in which party members select people to run in the general election.
No, Congressmen do not run for re-election every year. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms, so they must run for re-election every two years. Senators serve six-year terms, so they only run for re-election every six years.
This depends on the election, but generally, there are only a few serious candidates every election.
In order to serve as a congressman in the United States you must meet certain requirement. These requirements include the individual must be 25 years or older, the individual must have been a citizen of the country for 7 years prior to the election, and the individual must be a legal resident within the state they wish to represent.