The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.
A senator's description as junior or senior senator is not related to his or her class. Rather, a state's senior senator is the one with the greater seniority in the Senate. This is mostly based on length of service.
Read more about Classes Of United States Senators: Historical Division, New States, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, List of Current Senators By Class
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