It seems clear that younger voters were the difference-maker for Democrats across the country. They didn’t turn out in quite the numbers they did in 2020, but
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in Nevada, thus securing the crucial 50th Senate vote and assuring Democrats of control.
The Associated Press called the race for Cortez Masto early Sunday after Cortez Masto took a 5,000 vote lead with 98% of precincts reporting.
The runoff next month in Georgia between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker still has meaning in that a Walker victory would leave the Senate in the same place it was before the election — a 50-50 tie with Vice President Harris wielding the deciding vote. But it would also mean that West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin would continue to be in a position to block much of Biden’s massive spending plans as he has done for two years if he votes with the Republicans.
