LAS VEGAS — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has won election to a second term representing Nevada, defeating Republican Adam Laxalt to clinch the party’s control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
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With Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s victory in Arizona on Friday, Democrats now hold a 50-49 edge in the Senate. The party will retain control of the chamber, no matter how next month’s Georgia runoff plays out, by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote.
Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat, is facing Herschel Walker, Republican, for a full six-year term for the one of Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats.
On Nov. 9, the secretary of state’s office website showed that all precincts in 159 counties had reported their numbers. Neither Warnock or Walker met the threshold of getting 50% + 1 vote to avoid a runoff.
Warnock won the seat two years ago to fill the remaining term of the late-Sen. Johnny Isakson, who stepped down for health reasons about midway through his term. Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler was appointed to the seat for about a year until an election could be held to fill it.
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Democrats’ hold on the Senate is a blow to Republicans’ high hopes of wresting away control of Congress in a midterm election that typically favors the party out of power.
The runoff in Georgia will be held Dec. 6.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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