The US Constitution sets the number of Senators from each state. Each state has only two. The voters of the state elect them.
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There are two members per state in the Senate and they serve six years per term. The Senate was first convened in 1789.
The Constitution says that the Senate be composed of two Senators from each State (therefore, the Senate currently has 100 Members).
The number of electors is determined by the state's number of members in the House plus the number of members in the Senate.
The total number of House of Representatives allowed is 435 members. The total number of Senate members is 2 per state and with 50 states that is 100 Senate members.
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The members of the senate is elected not by the people but by the state legislators each state has two senators making the total number of the senator 100.
A state's number of representatives in the US House of Representatives is determined by its population.
There are 49 members of the State Senate and 98 members of the House.
The two houses of the American Congress choose members in different ways. The House of Representatives allocates its members according to the population of the states, and the Senate allocates two members to each state regardless of population, giving each state an equal say.
Senate
There are 35 members of the South Dakota State Senate.