<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A state senator is a member of a state's senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one - house state legislature . </P> <P> There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house . In the past, this meant that senators represented various geographic regions within a state, regardless of the population, as a way of balancing the power of the lower house, which was apportioned according to population . </P> <P> This system changed in 1963, when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that state legislatures must apportion seats in both houses according to population . However, the Single - member District system remained, and as a result, the State Senates became redundant bodies, as other solutions, such as abolition (as in Canada) or switching to statewide proportional representation (as in Australia) were not considered . A senator's job is to represent the people at a higher level than a state representative in the lower house . </P>

Who does a senator represent in terms of a state