senate seat
Upper chamber spot
A senate seat is a position in a senate, the legislative body.
The term emphasizes the seat as a contested political asset: candidates run for a senate seat, incumbents hold or lose their seats, and parties fight to flip seats from one side to the other.
The Republicans picked up three Senate seats in the midterms.
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
- electionOrganized public voting
- special electionUnscheduled vote for vacancy
- midterm electionsCongressional voting between presidentials
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