{"data":{"id":"us/2-u.s.c.-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 U.S.C. § 1","heading":"Time for election of Senators","body":"At the regular election held in any State next preceding the expiration of the term for which any Senator was elected to represent such State in Congress, at which election a Representative to Congress is regularly by law to be chosen, a United States Senator from said State shall be elected by the people thereof for the term commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.","path":["Title 2—THE CONGRESS","CHAPTER 1—ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc02@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:23Z","sha256":"748ce256cf1d9a9c091607662723e026187506da0a8e3db0f1ed3e10454aae46","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/1-u.s.c.-213","next":"us/2-u.s.c.-1a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}