Senator-elect
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In the United States a Senator-elect is someone who has been elected to the United States Senate, but their term has not yet arrived or are not currently sitting in the office they were elected to. Senators-elect have no Constitutional power or title.
Senators-elect are permitted to use franked mail prior to taking the oath of office for sending correspondence related to their status as a Senator-elect provided that their election results have been certified[1].
Currently, there are 10 Senators-Elect:
- Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont who succeeded retiring Sen. James Jeffords, Independent of Vermont
- Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island who defeated Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Republican of Rhode Island
- Bob Casey, Jr., Democrat of Pennsylvania who defeated Sen. Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania
- Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland who succeeded retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Democrat of Maryland
- Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia who defeated Sen. George Allen, Republican of Virginia
- Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee who succeeded retiring Sen. William Frist, Republican of Tennessee
- Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri who defeated Sen. James Talent, Republican of Missouri
- Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota who succeeded retiring Sen. Mark Dayton, Democrat of Minnesota
- Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana who defeated Sen. Conrad Burns, Republican of Montana
- Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio who defeated Sen. Mike DeWine, Rebublican of Ohio
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