For convenience, STATES, TERRITORIES, and STATES_AND_TERRITORIES can be accessed directly from the us module: >>> us.states.STATES [<State:Alabama>, <State:Alaska>, <State:Arizona>, <State:Arkansas>,... >>> us.STATES [<State:Alabama>, <State:Alaska>, <State:Arizona>, <State:Arkansas>,...
WITH nearly every American election cycle new spending records are broken. This autumn's midterm elections are nearly nine months away, but already candidates in Kentucky's Senate race have raised $19.4m and spent $7.3m. In the 2012 cycle candidates in the Massachusetts Senate race alone spent over $85m. That is small change compared with that year's presidential contest, in which $2 billion was spent (the total cost of the 2012 elections, including congressional races, topped $7 billion).
Representatives only serve a two-year term before they must run for re-election. So, every time the calendar year ends in an even number, all 435 of the U.S. House members are up for reelection again.(Unless, of course, they choose not to run for reelection.).ll of them. Representatives only serve a two-year term before they must run for re-election. So, every time the calendar year ends in an even number, all 435 of the U.S. House members are up for reelection again. (Unless, of course, they choose not to run for reelection.).