Getting a Senate Internship

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Hi everyone. I’m a first year student at community college and I wanna study polisci when I go to the university in my state. I really want a job in politics later, so I wanted to ask how people think I can get a job in the Senate.

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The Hill is a super in-person kind of place. If you want a job in the DC office, you’re going to have to find a way to network with ppl here. LinkedIn will help, but it’s limited given there are kids from George Mason/ GW / Georgetown all meeting staff in-person. In the interim, you should see if the senators / congressmen in your state have any openings or try connecting with the staff in the home office.

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Where in the country are you?

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Be careful. You might wreck your life and your marriage.

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Thanks for the detailed response! Do you have any recommendations on how to approach these ppl? Do you think LinkedIn Premium helps in getting more ppl to respond? Should I try approaching senators and congressment directly at rallies?

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I’m from Idaho. Does that matter?

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I’m obvi still very young but what happened to you?

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Offices will always prefer someone from the home state so Idaho is better since there aren’t as many people there. California is so competitive that it’s almost impossible. Is your rep Fulcher or Simpson? Might be easier to start on the House side.

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do NOT get linkedin premium unless you’re scrolling through thousands of profiles and reach your view limit

completely useless otherwise

and do NOT put the “open for work” thing on your pfp. it’s so cringe

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Linkedin Premium is great tho
You get to feel richer than everyone else since it’s 40 a month

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You don’t necessarily have to have a Senate internship to work in politics. I worked the 2024 cycle (and as a researcher in 2025) at a consulting firm and had no prior experience except political journalism in college. Luck is much of what goes into it. Maybe I was just “lucky” but I never set on having a career in politics, and I don’t work in the field now for various reasons.

My colleague had a Senate internship after our cycle based job ended, so there’s no right or wrong way. Politics can be very brutal — know what you’re getting yourself into. You won’t change the world at the junior level, but maybe you can help elect someone who will.