How do states fill vacancies in the U.S. Senate? It depends on the state
In the event that a Senate seat becomes vacant, governors in 46 states have the power to appoint a temporary replacement.
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In the event that a Senate seat becomes vacant, governors in 46 states have the power to appoint a temporary replacement.
When Congress convened in 2021, 72% of House members and 65% of senators were new since the start of the 111th Congress in 2009.
In the U.S. House, Freedom Caucus members and allies have less seniority than other Republicans and are more likely to come from the South.
Only 21 of the nearly 2,400 people who have served as a state governor since U.S. independence have resigned under pressure.
We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.
Polling organizations have taken close looks at how election surveys are designed, administered and analyzed. We are no exception.
Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
Only six states now have U.S. senators of different parties – the smallest number of split delegations in more than a century.
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