Washington Class 3 Senate seat
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The Washington Class 3 Senate seat is one of the U.S. Senate seats allocated to the state of Washington, elected on the Class 3 cycle of the Senate’s staggered terms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Washington Class 3 Senate seat canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Class 3 Senate seat Context triple: [Daniel J. Evans, electoralDistrict, Washington Class 3 Senate seat]
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U.S. Senate election in Ohio, 2022
The U.S. Senate election in Ohio in 2022 was a high-profile contest to fill an open Senate seat, drawing national attention as Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan competed in a closely watched battleground race.
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B.
MS Senate
MS Senate is the commonly used abbreviation for the Mississippi State Senate, the upper chamber of the Mississippi Legislature responsible for creating and passing state laws.
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C.
United States Senate elections
United States Senate elections are regularly scheduled and special contests in which voters in each state choose their representatives to serve in the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.
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United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The United States Senate election in Wisconsin is a statewide contest held to choose one of Wisconsin’s two members of the U.S. Senate, often featuring prominent political figures and reflecting the state’s shifting political landscape.
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E.
United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania
The United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania is one of the state's two positions in the U.S. Senate, representing Pennsylvania's interests at the federal legislative level.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Class 3 Senate seat Target entity description: The Washington Class 3 Senate seat is one of the U.S. Senate seats allocated to the state of Washington, elected on the Class 3 cycle of the Senate’s staggered terms.
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A.
U.S. Senate election in Ohio, 2022
The U.S. Senate election in Ohio in 2022 was a high-profile contest to fill an open Senate seat, drawing national attention as Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan competed in a closely watched battleground race.
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B.
MS Senate
MS Senate is the commonly used abbreviation for the Mississippi State Senate, the upper chamber of the Mississippi Legislature responsible for creating and passing state laws.
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C.
United States Senate elections
United States Senate elections are regularly scheduled and special contests in which voters in each state choose their representatives to serve in the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The United States Senate election in Wisconsin is a statewide contest held to choose one of Wisconsin’s two members of the U.S. Senate, often featuring prominent political figures and reflecting the state’s shifting political landscape.
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E.
United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania
The United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania is one of the state's two positions in the U.S. Senate, representing Pennsylvania's interests at the federal legislative level.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Senate seat
ⓘ
federal elective office ⓘ |
| ballotType | partisan general election ballot in Washington ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | legislative branch ⓘ |
| chamber | United States Senate ⓘ |
| citizenshipRequirement | at least 9 years a U.S. citizen ⓘ |
| class | Class 3 ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| electionCycleType | Class 3 Senate election cycle ⓘ |
| electionFrequency | every 6 years, on the Class 3 cycle ⓘ |
| electorate | voters of Washington state ⓘ |
| geographicScope | entire state of Washington ⓘ |
| hasCoEqualSeatFromState | Washington Class 1 Senate seat ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Class 3 seats of the United States Senate
ⓘ
Washington congressional delegation ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| minimumAgeRequirement | 30 years ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsPerState | 1 (for Class 3) ⓘ |
| officeHolderTitle |
United States Senator from Washington (Class 3)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Senate seat from Washington
|
| officeType | single-member statewide office ⓘ |
| oversightFunction |
oversight of federal agencies
ⓘ
oversight of the federal executive branch ⓘ |
| policyDomain |
federal budget and appropriations
ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ interstate commerce ⓘ national policy ⓘ |
| represents | State of Washington in the U.S. Senate ⓘ |
| residencyRequirement | must be an inhabitant of Washington when elected ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority |
advice and consent on presidential appointments
ⓘ
advice and consent on treaties ⓘ federal legislation ⓘ participation in impeachment trials of federal officers ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | direct election by the people of Washington ⓘ |
| selectionMethodConstitutionalBasis | Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| staggeredTermCycle | one of three Senate classes ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Washington ⓘ |
| successionRole | part of body that confirms Vice Presidential appointments ⓘ |
| termLength | 6 years ⓘ |
| totalSenateSeatsPerState | 2 ⓘ |
| votingPower | one vote in the United States Senate ⓘ |
| votingRights | full voting member of the United States Senate ⓘ |
| votingSystem | popular vote ⓘ |
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Subject: Washington Class 3 Senate seat Description of subject: The Washington Class 3 Senate seat is one of the U.S. Senate seats allocated to the state of Washington, elected on the Class 3 cycle of the Senate’s staggered terms.
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
Daniel J. Evans (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1989)