United States Senate

Last edited January 2007

State legislatures elected U.S. Senators until 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment changed that to the direct election of Senators by the people. Many believe this to be a mistake that seriously damaged the overall checks and balances set in place by the Constitution. United States Senators are elected for a six-year term. Every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for re-election or replacement. The Founders never intended for our legislators to become career politicians. They are supposed to be public servants. How many of these people do you think remember that?

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State	Name	Year First Elected (or Appointed Mid Term)	End Of Current Term	Party
*Alaska*	*Lisa Murkowski*	*1980*	*2010*	R
	*Ted Stevens*	*1968 (Mid Term)*	*2008*	R
*Alabama*	*Jeff Sessions*	*1996*	*2008*	R
	*Richard Shelby*	*1986*	*2010*	R
*Arkansas*	*Mark Pryor*	*2002*	*2008*	D
	*Blanche Lincoln*	*1998*	*2010*	D
*Arizona*	*Jon Kyl*	*1994*	*2012*	R
	*John McCain*	*1985*	*2010*	R
*California*	*Barbara Boxer*	*1992*	*2010*	D
	*Dianne Feinstein*	*1992 (Mid Term)*	*2012*	D
*Colorado*	*Wayne Allard*	*1996*	*2008*	R
	*Ken Salazar*	*2004*	*2010*	D
*Connecticut*	*Chris Dodd*	*1982*	*2012*	D
	*Joe Lieberman*	*1988*	*2012*	I
*Delaware*	*Joseph Biden, Jr.*	*1972*	*2008*	D
	*Tom Carper*	*2000*	*2012*	D
*Florida*	*Mel Martinez*	*2004*	*2010*	R
	*Bill Nelson*	*2000*	*2012*	D
*Georgia*	*Saxby Chambliss*	*2002*	*2008*	R
	*Johnny Isakson*	*2004*	*2010*	R
*Hawaii*	*Daniel Akaka*	*1990 (Mid Term)*	*2006*	D
	*Daniel Inouye*	*1962*	*2010*	D
*Iowa*	*Chuck Grassley*	*1980*	*2010*	R
	*Tom Harkin*	*1984*	*2008*	D
*Idaho*	*Larry Craig*	*1990*	*2008*	R
	*Mike Crapo*	*1998*	*2010*	R
*Illinois*	*Richard Durbin*	*1996*	*2008*	D
	*Barack Obama*	*2004*	*2010*	D
*Indiana*	*Dick Lugar*	*1976*	*2012*	R
	*Evan Bayh*	*1998*	*2010*	D
*Kansas*	*Sam Brownback*	*1996 (Mid Term)*	*2010*	R
	*Pat Roberts*	*1996*	*2008*	R
*Kentucky*	*Mitch McConnell*	*1984*	*2008*	R
	*Jim Bunning*	*1998*	*2010*	R
*Louisiana*	*David Vitter*	*2004*	*2010*	R
	*Mary Landrieu*	*1996*	*2008*	D
*Massachusetts*	*Edward Kennedy*	*1962 (Mid Term)*	*2012*	D
	*John Kerry*	*1984*	*2008*	D
*Maryland*	*Barbara Mikulski*	*1986*	*2010*	D
	*Benjamin L. Cardin*	*2006*	*2012*	D
*Maine*	*Susan Collins*	*1996*	*2008*	R
	*Olympia Snowe*	*1994*	*2012*	R
*Michigan*	*Carl Levin*	*1978*	*2008*	D
	*Debbie Stabenow*	*2000*	*2012*	D
*Minnesota*