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United States Senate graphic

The graphic by the qualifications section doesn't make any sense to me. Each state only gets two senators, so why does Kansas have five somethings in the image? Even if some of it were referencing the house, Kansas would have six and Florida would have way more than it does on the graphic. I don't want to delete someone's hard work for no reason, but a clarification in the caption of the photo as to what the numbers represent would be helpful. Catboy69 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 18:19, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

I figured it out. It's saying that Kansas has a Class 2 Senator and a Class 3 Senator (the class indicating when their terms begin and end), and both are Republicans (hence colored red). WHPratt (talk) 16:06, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

The graphic would be improved if each state were depicted with three blocks rather than two, representing the three electoral classes. Each state would then show one empty, just-an-outline block, indicating the cycle with no Senate election there. E.g., every state should have a permanent configuration of or or with colors appropriate for the current configuration. WHPratt (talk) 15:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh, and there should be a legend (say down in the Gulf of Mexico), that designates the expiration years in a small 3x3 table (one that would have to be adjusted only every six years).

WHPratt (talk) 16:57, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Why are u no adding 2024 102.88.83.97 (talk) 13:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Why? Because the terms begin and end in odd-numbered years. WHPratt (talk) 19:18, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I still think that this is a good idea. WHPratt (talk) 04:01, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Can someone update the “last election” and “next election” fields?

The 2024 election has passed, but the fields “last election” and “next election” have not been updated. I am not able to edit the page as it is protected (understandably), which is why I create this post.

Cheers 82.196.111.116 (talk) 19:36, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I second this, the results of the election are unanimous and this article should be updated to reflect that Deltakun (talk) 05:51, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Who has the majority?

It seems the Republicans should be listed as having the majority. Adding the Independents with the Democrats to make it appear like they have the majority is misleading. Perhaps list the Independents with the Republican instead, if that is the way it works. 2600:1702:5890:2270:B96D:181E:7270:233E (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

The Democrats have the majority because the independents choose to caucus with them. See https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/majority-minority-leaders.htm listing democrats as the majority leader for the current congress. meamemg (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

The Democrats have the majority until Noon EST, 3 January 2025. Unfortunately, some eager editors are jumping the gun & attempted to update this page prematurely. GoodDay (talk) 16:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Vacancy

Why include a citation tag for the obvious? Jim Justice hasn't assumed his seat, yet. Thus the vacancy. GoodDay (talk) 20:26, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Removal of whips from infobox

I think the whips should be included in the infobox. It has been included until recently, and are described prominently alongside the majority and minority leaders in Party leaders of the United States Senate. Their roles are important enough to be listed is it not? Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 17:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Update I've gone ahead and added it back because it is a long term edit that should be discussed here first before removal Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:58, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Marco Rubio just got 99 votes in the US Senate confirming him as SoS

The graphic on the right of the article site shows that 2 seats are vacancies which doesn`t make any sense because Rubio would have been limited to 98 votes max if that would be true. 2003:DA:C71C:B700:2C21:EE4F:88C4:DBF8 (talk) 01:28, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Rubio voted to confirm himself then resigned. The two vacancies are currently Rubio and Vance’s seats Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 02:54, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Apparantly both republican successors for US Senate are being sworn in this afternoon,, the two vacancies are filled soon. 2003:DA:C71C:B700:158D:7EF8:5D66:5B54 (talk) 18:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

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