Margie, as he said there are many state, county and city elections coming up but the main thing people are talking about are the Federal Congressional and Senatorial elections. From Wikipedia:

"Both Senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term before facing the next election. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. Each state, regardless of population, has two senators; since there are fifty states, there are one hundred senators who serve six-year terms. The terms are staggered, so every two years, approximately one-third of the Senate is elected."

As stated Congresspeople have to run every two years but Senators are in for six years. The President serves for four years.

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