A state Senator is an elected member of the legislature, or law-making body, of his or her state of residence.
This is not to be confused with a US Senator, who is elected to represent his or her state of residence in the US Senate of the federal government, in Washington, DC.
There are fifty states in the United States, and each state has two senators. It does not matter whether the state is big (like California) or small (like Rhode Island); your state sends two senators to serve in congress, meaning that the Senate has a total of 100 senators.
Yes, it is one of the requirements. If a senator does not live in the state they represent, then they cannot become a senator.
A senator represents the entire population of a state
He was a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator from that state.
Each U. S. Senator represents his/her whole state.
to represent each state
Charles Sumner was a Massachusetts Senator.
Joseph McCarthy was a United States Senator representing the state of Wisconsin.
He was a senator from Illinois.
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Illinois.
yes they should live in the same state they represent
He represents the people of his state. There are two for each state.