Pre-assessment Congressional Elections

True or False: The Senate and the House of Representatives elections are held on different days

• True

• False

Election day is held on Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year

• True

• False

The congressional elections that are held in nonpresidential election years are referred to as on-year elections.

• True

• False

ALL House of Representative members must run for election or re-election every four years

• True

• False

All senators are up for election every 6 years?

• True

• False

The Senate is a continuous body meaning that all of the seats are up for election at the same time

• True

• False

Only one-third (1/3) of the senators run for election every two years. Since a senator has a six-year term, only 33 to 34 senators run for election or re-election every two years.

• True

• False

The Senate has 435 members and representation by state is based on a state's population

• True

• False

There can only be 435 members in the House of Representatives and states are given representatives based on there population

• True

• False

The House of Representatives has only 100 members two from each state

• True

• False