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.
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.
Barack Obama served as a junior senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.
Yes she is the senior Senator and Susan Collins is the junior Senator.
You look at how long each has served in the senate. The one who has served the longest is the "senior senator."
Sen. McCain is the senior senator for the state of Arizona and Sen. Obama is the junior senator for Illinois.
My two Legislative representatives for Florida are senior Senator Bill Nelson and junior Senator George LeMieux.
Each state has two senators a Junior Senator and a Senior Senator and there is 50 states so there is 100 Senators throughout the entire United States.
For the six-year term from 2015 to 2021Mark Warner (D - VA), senior senatorFor the six-year term from 2013 to 2019Tim Kaine (D- VA), junior senator
Junior Senior ended in 2008.
Junior Senior was created in 1998.