Catherine Cortez Masto’s win delivered a one-two punch for Democrats in Nevada and Arizona, a pair of battleground states that Republicans contested fiercely.
Democrats will retain control of the Senate after incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was declared the winner of her closely contested race in Nevada.
Cortez Masto’s victory over Republican Adam Laxalt Saturday means that the Georgia Senate runoff election next month will merely determine the margin that Democrats have in the chamber, rather than control itself.
The outcome in Nevada came after several suspenseful days of counting outstanding mail ballots that favored Cortez Masto and eventually put her over the top. Her win delivered a one-two punch for Democrats in Arizona and Nevada, a pair of battleground states that Republicans contested fiercely.
It was not all bad news for the GOP in Nevada, though: On Friday, their candidate for governor, Joe Lombardo, ousted Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak. In Arizona, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake is locked in a too-close-to-call race with Democrat Katie Hobbs.
In other Senate swing-state wins, Democrats held New Hampshire and flipped Pennsylvania.
The successful reelection bids by Cortez Masto and Kelly lower the stakes of the Dec. 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia. There, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock will face retired football star Herschel Walker, after both ran below the required 50 percent mark to win the election outright on Nov. 8.
Unlike the state’s January 2021 Senate runoff, next month’s election won’t decide control of the chamber — but it will determine whether Democrats pad their narrow majority by a seat. If Warnock wins, Democrats will have 51 senators in 2023. If Walker prevails, the Senate will remain 50-50 for another two years, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie.
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Democrats will retain control of the Senate after incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was declared the winner of her closely contested race in Nevada. pic.twitter.com/noxV2WfwYx
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Not the worst night. Yeah, I’m still a little worn out from last week and it shows. pic.twitter.com/gLieAn86eC
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