When he shared the Senate presidency with a Republican, John O. Bennett, the two got along well.

But what really troubles people in New Jersey is the fact that the Senate president becomes acting governor while retaining his Senate presidency.

He was preferred for the Senate presidency by Governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican.

But, ignoring party protocol, he began an unusually public campaign for the Senate presidency even before the Nov. 5 election.

On July 2, 2010, the Liberal Party announced that Pangilinan will be the candidate for the Senate presidency.

And the Senate was invented to give the Druse a voice by reserving the Senate presidency for a member of the sect.

This is how the election for the Senate presidency went:

He yielded the Senate presidency in 2000 to Franklin Drilon.

He said he was disappointed over losing the Senate presidency, but felt it was not worth risking party disunity.

Senator Keating was not an unlikely candidate and competitor of William Bulger to run for the Senate presidency.