The qualified voters of the Commonwealth shall elect its members of the United States Senate at the general election held in November next preceding the expiration of each member’s respective term of office, for terms of six years to begin on the January 3 following their election.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 24.2-206

  • Election: means a general, primary, or special election. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255

Code 1950, § 24-1; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-2; 1993, c. 641.

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