What is Missouri Senate?
{{update}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Missouri State Senate | legislature = [[Missouri General Assembly]] | coa_pic = Seal of the Senate of Missouri.svg | session_room = | house_type = Upper house | term_limits = 2 terms (8 years) | new_session = January 6, 2016 | leader1_type = [[Lieutenant governor|Lt. Governor]] | leader1 = [[Peter Kinder]] | party1 = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) | election1 = January 10, 2005 | leader2_type = [[President Pro Tempore of the Senate]] | leader2 = [[Ron Richard]] | party2 = (R) | election2 = January 7, 2013 | leader3_type = Majority Leader | leader3 = [[Mike Kehoe]] | party3 = (R) | election3 = January 7, 2013 | leader4_type = Minority Leader | leader4 = [[Joseph Keaveny|Joe Keaveny]] | party4 = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) | election4 = January 5, 2015 | term_length = 4 years | authority = Article IV, [[Missouri Constitution]] | salary = $35,915/year + per diem | members = 34 |structure1 = Senate_diagram_2014_State_of_Missouri.svg | structure1_res = 250px | political_groups1 = Governing party * {{legend|#F8050D|Republican (24)}} Opposition party * {{legend|#5500FF|Missouri Democratic Party (8)}} Vacant * {{legend|#AAAAAA| Vacant (2)}} | last_election1 = November 4, 2014<br>(17 seats) | next_election1 = November 1, 2016<br>(17 seats) | redistricting = Legislative Control | meeting_place = State Senate Chamber<br />[[Missouri State Capitol]]<br />[[Jefferson City, Missouri]] | website = [http://www.senate.mo.gov/ Missouri State Senate] }} The '''Missouri Senate''' is the [[upper house]] of the [[Missouri General Assembly]]. It has 34 [[wikt:member|member]]s, representing [[district]]s with an [[average]] [[population]] of 174,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.mo.gov/newsroom/Pages/DidYouKnowSe