bill Nelson was selected US. senator
He was elected in 2004 and assumed office on 3 January 2005 and has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2010.
A senator is a senator-elect until he is sworn in (normally in January following an election). A senator newly elected is called a freshman senator.
He was last elected in 2004. He lost his 2010 election.
Senator Breske was first elected to the state Senate in a special election in 1990.
George Voinovich was elected senator in 1998 and was relected in 2004.
Al Gore became a US Senator in 1985 however the election was held in 1984.
A US Senator is elected for 6 years. They are divided into three groups, so that one third are up for election every two years. And only one state senator is up for election at any election cycle (unless there is a mid-term election to replace a senator who has died or resigned).
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first: win the party nomination second: win the primary election if there is one last: win the general election
He was elected as Minnesota Senator in 2008. He comes up again for election in 2014, if he decides to run.
He entered office on January 3, 2001.
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