Everything about Virginia State Senate totally explained
The
Senate of Virginia is the
upper house of the
Virginia General Assembly. It is composed of 40
Senators and is presided over by the
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Prior to Independence, the other part of government was represented by the
Governor's Council, an upper house made up of executive counselors appointed by the Governor as advisers.
The Lieutenant Governor, unlike the
Vice President of the United States in the
United States Senate, presides daily over the Virginia Senate. In the Lieutenant Governor's absence, a
president pro tempore presides, usually a powerful member of the majority party. The Senate is equal with the
House of Delegates, the lower chamber of the
legislature, except that taxation bills must originate in the House, just like in the
U.S. Congress.
Virginia Senators are elected every four years by the voters of the several senatorial districts on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. The last election took place on
6 November 2007.
In the 2007 election, the
Democratic Party reclaimed the majority in the Senate for the first time since 1999, when the
Republican Party took control of the Senate for the first time in history.
From January 2008
Leadership
Members
Senate seal
The Senate has its own
coat of arms designed and granted by the
College of Arms in
England.
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