Earlier this evening, Mark Kelly was successfully re-elected to his Senate seat in Arizona turning back a strong challenge from Republican Blake Masters.
Now the question is what will happen in the Nevada Senate race between Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto and her Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. Cortez Masto, seeking her second term, trails Laxalt by fewer than 800 votes. Laxalt is the grandson of former Nevada Governor and Senator Paul Laxalt. The younger Laxalt previously served as Nevada's Attorney General and made an unsuccessful run for Governor in 2018. Regardless of the outcome, a recount is most likely.
If Cortez Masto wins then the Democrats keep their majority in the Senate. If Laxalt wins then it will be up to Georgia to save the country yet again with a runoff between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. Of course, if Cortez Masto does win it wouldn't hurt for Democrats to have a 51-49 instead of needing Vice-President Kamala Harris to cast a tie breaking vote in a 50-50 Senate. But it remains to be seen which way Nevadans rolled the dice.
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