Aside from the presidential race, one-third of the US Senate – or 34 of its 100 seats – are up for grabs.
Democrats currently control the upper chamber of Congress by a single seat, which they have used effectively to pass some of the Joe Biden administration’s signature accomplishments.
If Donald Trump wins tonight, Republicans will retake the Senate by winning just one seat and not losing any.
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If Kamala Harris wins, Republicans will win back a Senate majority by gaining two new seats. Control of the Senate would also give them broad power to block or upend much of a theoretical President Harris’s agenda.
Senate Democrats are on the defensive in several states and – a short while ago – they lost a seat in West Virginia, as widely expected. The state’s governor, Jim Justice, has been projected to win the seat, left vacant by retiring Democrat-turned-independent Senator Joe Manchin.
