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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355709</law_id><section_number>24.2-214</section_number><catch_line>Election and term of Senators</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="64" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Federal, Commonwealth, and Local Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">General Assembly</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The members of the Senate of Virginia shall be elected at the <span class="dictionary">general election</span> in November 1995, and every four years thereafter for terms of four years, to begin on the second Wednesday in January succeeding their election.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-13; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-13; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
