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All 34 Class 3 Senate seats are up for election in 2022; Class 3 currently consists of 14 Democrats and 20 Republicans.
Senators up for re-election in 2022 Michael Bennet (Colorado) Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada) Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire) Mark Kelly (Arizona) Patrick Leahy (Vermont) Patty Murray (Washington)
Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are considered for reelection every even year. Senators however, serve six-year terms and elections to the Senate are staggered over even years so that only about 1/3 of the Senate is up for reelection during any election.
A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives. From 2015 to 2020, Burr served as the Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In 2016, he announced that he would not be seeking reelection in 2022.
All 33 Class 1 Senate seats are up for election in 2024; Class 1 currently consists of 21 Democrats, 2 independents who caucus with the Senate Democrats and 10 Republicans.
On January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators (Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California) were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by independents who caucus with the Democrats.
For most political offices, the incumbent often has more name recognition due to their previous work in the office. Incumbents also have easier access to campaign finance, as well as government resources (such as the franking privilege) that can be indirectly used to boost the incumbent’s re-election campaign.
Representatives must be 25 years old and must have been U.S. citizens for at least 7 years. Representatives serve 2-year terms. Read up on the relationship between the two chambers with these essays by the Senate Historian’s Office. Link to tables of information on the history of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker is elected at the beginning of a new Congress by a majority of the Representatives-elect from candidates separately chosen by the majority- and minority-party caucuses. Information on the current Speaker, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, is available at the web site of the Speaker of the House.
A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer is the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. He is the current dean of New York’s congressional delegation.