Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
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A United States Senator represents the people of the state that has elected him in the US Congress. At the beginning two US senators were chosen per state by the Governor. The 17th Amendment changed this and gave the general public the power to elect their own Senator. Although the 17th Amendment changed the way the senator’s would be elected, but their duties towards their state members remained the same. Since the year 1913 the US public got the power to elect their own senators.
A U.S. Senator represents the citizens of the state from which they were elected. The role of a Senator is to represent the views and interests of their state in the U.S. Senate, voting on national issues and **legislation. **Senators were originally selected by state legislatures, but now they are directly elected by the citizens of their state. ;
A U.S. Senator represents the citizens of their elected state. Each state has two senators who are directly elected by the state's voters, following the Seventeenth Amendment's ratification in 1913. Senators serve six-year terms and are responsible for advocating for their state's interests at the federal level.
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