The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the
Missouri General Assembly
The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are ...
. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two years. The Senate chooses a President Pro Tempore to serve in the absence of the lieutenant governor or when he shall have to exercise the office of
governor of Missouri
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
if there is a vacancy in that office due to death, resignation, impeachment, or incapacitation.
Members of the Missouri General Assembly are prohibited from serving more than eight years in either the state house of representatives or state senate, or a total of sixteen years, due to statutory term limits.
Elections were held in
2022.
Composition
After the
2020 general election the party representation in the Senate was:
Senate officers
Members of the Missouri Senate
Source:
Committees
Under Rule 25 of the Senate Rules, all committees are appointed by the President Pro Tem, who is currently Dave Schatz.
Standing committees
Districts
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Missouri's 25th Senate district
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Missouri's 27th Senate district
Missouri's 27th Senatorial District is one of 34 districts in the Missouri Senate. The district is based in Southeast Missouri and includes all of the counties of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry, and Scott.
The distric ...
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Missouri's 29th Senate district
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Missouri's 33rd Senate district
See also
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Political party strength in Missouri
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Missouri House of Representatives
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Missouri Constitution
References
External links
Missouri State SenateState Senate of Missouriat
Project Vote Smart
Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in s ...
Revised Statutes of Missouri
Missouri State Government
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Missouri State Senate, 99th General Assembly*Publications by or about th
Missouri Senateat Internet Archive.
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Missouri General Assembly
State upper houses in the United States