Which means that Democrats will retain control of the Senate.
If Warnock wins the runoff, it means that Manchin or Sinema (But not both) can be told to go pound sand.
I will note, as I have before, that this probably would not have been anywhere near as close if the Reid wing of the party had not emptied the state party coffers and paid all the staff to quit when a reformer slate won the party elections last year.
This whole, "But I'll preside over the ruins,"* sh%$ is getting really old:
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto managed to hang on to her seat in a close race that nearly saw her beaten by her Republican adversary, with the result leaving control of the US Senate in the hands of Democrats.
After Democratic senator Mark Kelly’s victory in Arizona on Friday, the party now holds a 50-49 edge in the Senate. The Democratic party will retain control of the chamber, no matter how next month’s Georgia runoff plays out, by virtue of vice-president Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote.
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Nevada’s vote count took several days partly because of the mail voting system created by the state Legislature in 2020 that requires counties to accept ballots postmarked by election day if they arrive up to four days later. Laxalt had an early lead that dwindled after late-counted ballots came in from the state’s population centers in Las Vegas and Reno.
It's good news, but it's a lesson for the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, the corporatist careerists will sabotage you to preserve their power within the institution.
*Early 1900s Republican Senator Boies Penrose said, when told that his opposition to the reform slate that he would destroy the Pennsylvania state party, replied, "Yes, but I'll preside over the ruins".
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