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Contest for Senate (class 1)
State Tennessee
general - Partisan - Senate (class 1)
About this office
A United States Senator represents the entire state in the upper chamber of Congress, serving a six-year term. Senators write and pass federal law, approve federal spending, confirm federal judges and executive appointments, and ratify treaties.
Term length: 6 years.
This role calls for
- Legislative craft at the federal level: drafting and amending federal statute, and understanding the body of law being changed.
- Statewide constituency understanding: the economic and everyday concerns of the whole state, not a single district.
- Persuasion and coalition-building across party and factional lines to form working majorities.
- Integrity: acting for constituents and the public good rather than personal gain, independent of undue influence.
- Advice and consent: senators confirm federal judges and executive appointments and ratify treaties.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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