What portion of the senate is up for re-election next election 2012?

Answer 1

1/3rd of the Senate is up for re-election every two years, and since their are 100 Senators (two for each state), every sixth year has 34 Senators up for re-election and the other two elections previously only have 33 each.

Answer 2

U.S. Senate terms are six years long, but they don't all start and end at the same time. One third of all Senate terms begins every two years. Each Senate seat is assigned to one of three groups, called classes, at the time that statehood is granted. A different class of Senate seats comes up for election every two years. No state has both of its U.S. Senators in the same class. Despite the meaning of the word class as used in phrases like "first class plane ticket" or "second class citizen", a Senator's class has nothing to do with rank, seniority or quality.

In the last three Senate elections, Class 2 Senators were elected in 2008, Class 3 Senators were elected in 2010, and Class 1 Senators were elected in 2012. In the next three Senate elections, Class 2 Senators will be elected in 2014, Class 3 Senators will be elected in 2016, and Class 1 Senators will be elected in 2018.

Here is a list of the current holders of the 34 Class 2 Senate seats:

• AL - Jeff Sessions (R)
• AK - Mark Begich (D)
• AR - Mark Pryor (D)
• CO - Mark Udall (D)
• DE - Chris Coons (D)
• GA - Saxby Chambliss (R)
• HI - Brian Schatz (D)
• ID - Jim Risch (R)
• IL - Dick Durbin (D)
• IA - Tom Harkin (D)
• KS - Pat Roberts (R)
• KY - Mitch McConnell (R)
• LA - Mary Landrieu (D)
• ME - Susan Collins (R)
• MA - Mo Cowan (D)
• MI - Carl Levin (D)
• MN - Al Franken (D)
• MS - Thad Cochran (R)
• MT - Max Baucus (D)
• NE - Mike Johanns (R)
• NH - Jeanne Shaheen (D)
• NJ - Frank Lautenberg (D)
• NM - Tom Udall (D)
• NC - Kay Hagan (D)
• OK - Jim Inhofe (R)
• OR - Jeff Merkley (D)
• RI - Jack Reed (D)
• SC - Lindsey Graham (R)
• SD - Tim Johnson (D)
• TN - Lamar Alexander (R)
  
• TX - John Cornyn (R)
  
• VA - Mark Warner (D)
• WV - Jay Rockefeller (D)
• WY - Mike Enzi (R)
  

Answer 3

One third (1/3) of the Senate is up for re-election every election cycle (every 2 years).

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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