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Midterm 2022: How many senators are there per state and how many members of the House?

Voters will be casting their ballot in the midterm elections for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and about a third of the 100-member Senate.

Voters will be casting their ballot in the midterm elections for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and about a third of the 100-member Senate.
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The midterm elections are just days away, and citizens have been exercising their right to vote for members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, among others.

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The Senate and House comprise the legislative branch of the national government that is tasked with making laws. There are 435 seats in the lower chamber of Congress that are at stake on Tuesday, Nov. 8, while 35 Senate seats- a third of the 100-member body- will be up for grabs.

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How many seats per state?

Each state has two Senators representing them in the upper chamber of Congress, making up the total of 100. Senators represent the whole state.

In the House of Representatives, the number of officials is proportionate to the state’s population. Each House member represents a part of their state known as a Congressional District, which covers around 700,000 people.

Here is list of the number of Representatives per state.

StateNo. of Representatives
California53
Texas36
Florida27
New York26
Illinois18
Pennsylvania18
Ohio16
Georgia14
Michigan14
North Carolina13
New Jersey12
Virginia11
Washington10
Arizona9
Indiana9
Massachusetts9
Tennessee9
Maryland8
Minnesota8
Missouri8
Wisconsin8
Alabama7
Colorado7
South Carolina7
Kentucky6
Louisiana6
Connecticut5
Oklahoma5
Oregon5
Arkansas4
Iowa4
Kansas4
Mississippi4
Nevada4
Utah4
Nebraska3
New Mexico3
West Virginia3
Hawaii2
Idaho2
Maine2
New Hampshire2
Rhode Island2
Alaska1
Delaware1
Montana1
North Dakota1
South Dakota1
Vermont1
Wyoming1