Florida's Senior Senator is Bill Nelson of the Democratic Party. He assumed office on January 3, 2001, after defeating Bill McCollum of the Republican party to fill the Senate seat vacated by Republican Senator Connie Mack.
Senator Nelson was reelected in 2006 and 2012. Senator Bill Nelson was a member of the Florida house of Representatives from 1972-1979, and a six term US congressman from 1979-1991. He is also the second member of the United States House of Representatives to fly in space while a sitting Congressman. He flew as a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Mel Martinez.
The difference is that the senior Senator has been in office longer than the junior Senator.
As of October 2021, Maryland's senior senator is Ben Cardin and its junior senator is Chris Van Hollen.
A junior senator has served in the senate for a shorter time than the other senator from his state; that other senator from his state is a senior senator.
Each state has 2 senators. The one who has been in office the longest is the senior senator.
He is the senior senator from Arizona.
There are 2 senators from each state each serving 6-year terms. The senator with the longer term in office is known as the "senior" senator while the other is known as the "junior" senator.
Yes she is the senior Senator and Susan Collins is the junior Senator.
Daniel Inouye.
Dianne Feinstein
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Carl Levin.