It has taken a LONG time …
But Astronaut, turned politician, Mark Kelly had the win going in to lose…..He didn’t….
He never trailed in the polls though his margin dropped for the last two weeks before the election….
Democrats are in line to win the Nevada US Senate race, and the do over in Georgia should get Democratic US Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s margin to 51 Democrats…..
Republican Mitch McConnell will remain the US Senate Minority leader if Donald Trump’s doesn’t engineer his downfall….
While Georgia’s race will not be settled until a December runoff, Democrats are cautiously optimistic they can clinch the majority sooner as more mail ballots are counted in Nevada’s tight contest.
Democratic control of the Senate would provide Biden with some leverage for his agenda on Capitol Hill, regardless of the outcome in the House, which also remained unsettled late Friday. Republican control of the Senate would further complicate Biden’s agenda for the next two years, positioning the GOP to potentially slow or block confirmation of Biden’s cabinet officials and judges…
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Also in Arizona, Democrat Adrian Fontes was projected to win the race for secretary of state, defeating Republican Mark Finchem, a far-right state lawmaker who sought oversight of Arizona’s elections while groundlessly pushing to decertify the results from 2020….
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Captain Mark Kelly@CaptMarkKelly
US Senate candidate, AZ
Thank you, Arizona.
Geoff Garin@geoffgarin
Commentators should stop saying that Georgia “won’t matter” if Democrats already have 50 seats. The 51st seat matters a lot, including in Senate committee composition and the ability to move votes to the floor. And of course the difference between Warnock and Walker is immense.
David Wasserman Jr,
@TKensingtonian
I’ve seen enough: Sen. Cortez Masto (D) wins reelection in #NVSEN, defeating Adam Laxalt (R).
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Nate Cohn
@Nate_Cohn
With Catherine Cortez Masto consistently winning the mail ballots in Nevada by a two-to-one margin, Democrats might just be one large Washoe County mail ballot drop away from holding the Senate
900 votes difference in Nevada, going to turn Democratic and then Georgia Run Off, we need that too, then you got 51-49 Democrats…ouch for the Republicans…And Next week Donald Trump going to announce his run for president, which will blow the whole Republican Party apart…Going to be great…
Yes indeed BDog….
Donald Trump keeps fucking ‘his’ party into the ground……
They go to it willingly!