They may have reached a term limit, they may have gotten a different job or decided to take a different path with their career, they may have decided to retire/spend more time with family, they may have decided that they probably won't get elected again. It could go on and on.
senator
He is known as the "incumbent."
Senator
A member of the House of Representitives holds a term of 2 years. While the term of a US Senator is 6 years.
Senator, from Congress.
Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, whose members are elected by the citizens of the state they are running for office in, so they are elected by the people of their state.
A person who currently is a member of Congress is called the incumbent when referred to during an election. Otherwise, a member of the House of Representatives is called a Representative or Congressman/Congresswoman. A member of the Senate is called a Senator.
There currently are no term limits for either house of congress. Members of the House or Senate may serve unlimited terms of office until retirement, death, or failure to be re-elected.
A senate
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the corrupt senator will not be running for office again.