| | United States Senate - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
 | | The Vice President of the United States also serves as President of the Senate and is empowered with presiding over all proceedings and breaking tie votes. |
| | The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator" and carries some additional responsibilities to their state's constituents; however, this does not necessarily indicate a hierarchy in which the senior senator has direct authority over the junior senator. |
| | Senators are elected by their state as a whole; if both Senate seats are contested in one election year, the elections will be separate and all voters in the state will cast votes for one candidate in each of the two races. |
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