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Senators are elected/ to serve/ the people of their state/ for six years./ Each/ of the two senators represents/ the entire state./

Before the 17th Amendment/ to the Constitution was ratified/ in 1913,/ the state legislatures elected/ the U.S. senators/ to represent/ their state./ Now,/ all the voters/ in a state/ elect/ their two U.S. senators directly./

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Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
True or false: all the voters in a state elect their two U.S. senators indirectly.
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* The reading text above is partially referred by USCIS Quick Civics Lessons “Learn About the United States” and only used for educational purposes.

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