Each state of the United States selects two senators to represent their states in the United States Senate. In 1913, the 17th Amendment[?] to the United States Constitution provided for the direct popular election of senators; prior to this, senators were selected by state legislatures.
... and pulling it to the Left (pretty much the Trotskyist idea of "entrism"). The left-wing of the SPA, or the Debs Caucus, including McReynolds, reconstituted the spirit ...