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Every state gets two senators and the one that's served the longest is called the "senior" senator and the other the "junior". By definition a state can't have
by guyzero 10y ago
Every state gets two senators and the one that's served the longest is called the "senior" senator and the other the "junior". By definition a state can't have two senior senators.
- dredmorbius 10y agoA charitable interpretation would be to note that as of the 114th Congress, both California's senators have high seniority, which is how senate rank and privileges are determined. Boxer's retirement leaves CA in the 115th Congress with Feinstein, 8th, and Harris, 97th. http://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/seniority/ http://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/seniority/
- guyzero 10y agoThat plus each CA senator represents over 18 million people as a contrast to Wyoming's senators which represent a hair over 284,000 people each.