12 new Senators were elected in 2012:
AZ - Jeff Flake (R) - replacing Jon Kyl (R)
CT - Chris Murphy (D) - replacing Joe Lieberman (I)
HI - Mazie Hirono (D) - replacing Daniel Akaka (D)
IN - Joe Donnelly (D) - replacing Richard Lugar (R)
ME - Angus King (I) - replacing Olympia Snowe (R)
MA - Elizabeth Warren (D) - replacing Scott Brown (R)
NE - Deb Fischer (R) - replacing Ben Nelson (D)
NM - Martin Heinrich (D) - replacing Jeff Bingaman (D)
ND - Heidi Heitkamp (D) - replacing Kent Conrad (D)
TX - Ted Cruz (R) - replacing Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
VA - Tim Kaine (D) - replacing Jim Webb (D)
WI - Tammy Baldwin (D) - replacing Herb Kohl (D)
Senate loss: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans, 1 Independent
Senate gain: 6 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent
Net Senate loss: 2 Democrats
Net Senate gain: 2 Republicans
84 new Congresspeople were elected in 2012:
AZ01 - Ann Kirkpatrick (D) - replacing Ben Quayle (R)
AZ05 - Matt Salmon (R) - replacing Jeff Flake (R)
AZ09 - Kyrsten Sinema (D) - new seat
AR04 - Tom Cotton (R) - replacing Mike Ross (D)
CA01 - Doug LaMalfa (R) - replacing Wally Herger (R)
CA02 - Jared Huffman (D) - replacing Lynn Woolsey (D)
CA07 - Ami Bera (D) - replacing Dan Lungren (R)
CA08 - Paul Cook (R) - replacing Jerry Lewis (R)
CA15 - Eric Swalwell (D) - replacing Pete Stark (D)
CA21 - David Valadao (R) - replacing David Dreier (R)
CA26 - Julia Brownley (D) - replacing Elton Gallegly (R)
CA29 - Tony Cardenas (D) - replacing Howard Berman (D)
CA35 - Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) - replacing Joe Baca (D)
CA36 - Raul Ruiz (D) - replacing Mary Bono Mack (R)
CA41 - Mark Takano (D) - replacing Dennis Cardoza (D)
CA47 - Alan Lowenthal (D) - replacing Laura Richardson (D)
CA51 - Juan Vargas (D) - replacing Bob Filner (D)
CA52 - Scott Peters (D) - replacing Brian Bilbray (R)
CT05 - Elizabeth Esty (D) - replacing Chris Murphy (D)
FL03 - Ted Yoho (R) - replacing Cliff Stearns (R)
FL06 - Ron DeSantis (R) - new seat
FL09 - Alan Grayson (D) - replacing Sandy Adams (R)
FL18 - Patrick Murphy (D) - replacing Allen West (R)
FL19 - Trey Radel (R) - replacing Connie Mack IV (R)
FL22 - Lois Frankel (D) - new seat
FL26 - Joe Garcia (D) - replacing David Rivera (R)
GA09 - Doug Collins (R) - new seat
HI02 - Tulsi Gabbard (D) - replacing Mazie Hirono (D)
IL08 - Tammy Duckworth (D) - replacing Joe Walsh (R)
IL10 - Brad Schneider (D) - replacing Robert Dold (R)
IL11 - Bill Foster (D) - replacing Judy Biggert (R)
IL12 - William Enyart (D) - replacing Jerry Costello (D)
IL13 - Rodney L. Davis (R) - replacing Tim Johnson (R)
IL17 - Cheri Bustos (D) - replacing Bobby Schilling (R)
IN02 - Jackie Walorski (R) - replacing Joe Donnelly (D)
IN05 - Susan Brooke (R) - replacing Dan Burton (R)
IN06 - Luke Messer (R) - replacing Mike Pence (R)
KY04 - Thomas Massie (R) - replacing Geoff Davis (R)
KY06 - Andy Barr (R) - replacing Ben Chandler (D)
MD06 - John K. Delaney (D) - replacing Roscoe Bartlett (R)
MA04 - Joseph Kennedy III (D) - replacing Barney Frank (D)
MI05 - Dan Kildee (D) - replacing Dale Kildee (D)
MI11 - Kerry Bentivolio (R) - replacing David Curson (D), who replaced Thad McCotter (R)
MN08 - Rick Nolan (D) - replacing Chip Cravaack (R)
MO02 - Ann Wagner (R) - replacing Todd Akin (R)
MTAL - Steve Daines (R) - replacing Denny Rehberg (R)
NV01 - Dina Titus (D) - replacing Shelley Berkley (D)
NV04 - Steven Horsford (D) - new seat
NH01 - Carol Shea-Porter (D) - replacing Frank Guinta (R)
NH02 - Ann McLane Kuster (D) - replacing Charlie Bass (R)
NJ10 - Donald Payne, Jr. (D) - replacing Donald Payne, Sr. (D)
NM01 - Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) - replacing Martin Heinrich (D)
NY06 - Grace Meng (D) - replacing Gary Ackerman (D)
NY08 - Hakeem Jeffries (D) - replacing Edolphus Towns (D)
NY18 - Sean Maloney (D) - replacing Nan Hayworth (R)
NY24 - Dan Maffei (D) - replacing Ann Marie Buerkle (R)
NY27 - Chris Collins (R) - replacing Kathy Hochul (D)
NC08 - Richard Hudson (R) - replacing Larry Kissell (D)
NC09 - Robert Pittenger (R) - replacing Sue Myrick (R)
NC11 - Mark Meadows (R) - replacing Heath Shuler (D)
NC13 - George Holding (R) - replacing Brad Miller (D)
NDAL - Kevin Cramer (R) - replacing Rick Berg (R)
OH02 - Brad Wenstrup (R) - replacing Jean Schmidt (R)
OH03 - Joyce Beatty (D) - replacing Steve Austria (R)
OH14 - David Joyce (R) - replacing Steve LaTourette (R)
OK01 - Jim Bridenstine (R) - replacing John Sullivan (R)
OK02 - Markwayne Mullin (R) - replacing Dan Boren (D)
PA04 - Scott Perry (R) - replacing Todd Platts (R)
PA12 - Keith Rothfus (R) - replacing Mark Critz (D)
PA17 - Matt Cartwright (D) - replacing Tim Holden (D)
SC07 - Tom Rice (R) - new seat
TX14 - Randy Weber (R) - replacing Ron Paul (R)
TX16 - Beto O'Rourke (D) - replacing Silvestre Reyes (D)
TX20 - Joaquin Castro (D) - replacing Charlie Gonzalez (D)
TX23 - Pete Gallego (D) - replacing Francisco Canseco (R)
TX25 - Roger Williams (R) - new seat
TX33 - Marc Veasey (D) - new seat
TX34 - Filemon Vela, Jr. (D) - new seat
TX36 - Steve Stockman (R) - new seat
UT02 - Chris Stewart (R) - new seat
WA01 - Suzan DelBene (D) - replaced Jay Inslee (D)
WA06 - Derek Kilmer (D) - replacing Norman D. Dicks (D)
WA10 - Dennis Heck (D) - new seat
WI02 - Mark Pocan (D) - replacing Tammy Baldwin (D)
Terminated Seats:
IL19 (Don Manzullo - R)
IA05 (Leonard Boswell - D)
LA07 (loser of Dec. 8 runoff election - R)
MA10 (John Olver - D)
MI15 (Hansen Clarke - D)
MO09 (Russ Carnahan - D)
NJ13 (Steve Rothman - D)
NY28 (Maurice Hinchey - D)
NY29 (Bob Turner - R)
OH17 (Betty Sutton - D)
OH18 (Dennis Kucinich - D)
PA19 (Jason Altmire - D)
House loss: 43 Republicans, 41 Democrats
House gain: 49 Democrats, 35 Republicans
Net House loss: 8 Republicans
Net House gain: 8 Democrats
There are no limits for congressional terms. Congressmen can have unlimited 2 year terms. Senators can have unlimited 6 year terms.
All of them. Congressmen are elected for two year terms.
Too long, theres some that have been there all there life, Congressmen are elected for two-year terms. They are reelected as many times as they care to be--it is very rare to see a congressman voted out of office.
The US legislature is called the Congress and is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives whose members are called Congressmen and the Senate, made up of senators. Congressmen serve 2-year term and senators have 6-year terms. There are no term limits and it is not unusual to be re-elected to many terms.
US congressmen are elected to 2-year terms.
There are no Senators in the House. Senators are elected to the US Senate while Representatives are elected to the US House of Representatives. Senators serve terms of six years while Representatives serve 2 year terms.
Yes. Each member of Congress is elected in their respective state except when a member dies or is removed from office, in which case the state's governor appoints a replacement until the next election.
100 senators are elected. Each state elects 2 every 2-6 years.
There are no Senators in the House. Senators are elected to the US Senate while Representatives are elected to the US House of Representatives. Senators serve terms of six years while Representatives serve 2 year terms.
Each state has 2 Senators, so there are 100 Senators. Senators are elected to a 6-year term.
Senators are elected for 6 year term with no term limits.
Senators are elected for six year terms of the people of their state.