On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 06:08 am, Leo J Mauler wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:51:08 -0600 Hal Duston <hduston@speedscript.com>

> > Both senators represent the entire state.

> Yes, but which Senator do I have the power of voting out of office if I
> didn't live in a 95% Republican state?
 
I sure wish there were a HOWTO on this one.

Your Senators each represent the whole state.  You vote for both/either of 
them.  Your Congresman represents a district withn the state, you vote for 
one.

Originally, the Senators were appointed by the state government, and intended 
to represent the state as an entity, while the Congresmen were to represent 
the people of the state.  This was modeled after the British parlement, where 
the House of Lords represented the (ruling) nobility, and the House of 
Commons represented the people.