how long is a term for a us representative
Article 1 of the Constitution states that Representatives to the United States House of Representatives will be chosen every two years. Full congressional elections are conducted in even years for each Congress. The two-year Congressional term for years 2011 and 2012 is the 112th Congress. Representatives are allocated to each state based the census of the United States, conducted every 10 years. The size of a Congressional district is approximately equal to one representative for each 645,000 citizens in each state.