Live Updates: Senate management within the steadiness as Democrats and Republicans struggle for battleground states

Republicans and Democrats are combating for management of the Senate this Election Day, which is break up 50-50. However, with Vice President Kamala Harris because the tie-breaking 51st vote, Democrats have the bulk.

Thirty-five Senate seats are up for grabs in whole within the 2022 midterm elections, however underneath a 3rd are anticipated to be shut. Control of the chamber will come right down to the races in these battleground states, together with Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.  

Among these states, the primary polls shut in Georgia at 7 p.m. ET, the place Democrat Raphael Warnock is defending his seat towards Republican Herschel Walker.

Should Republicans win each the House and Senate, they’re prone to have a tough time making a few of their extra conservative agenda objects legislation, with President Joe Biden within the White House. Mr. Biden’s agenda might be threatened if Republicans take management. 

CBS News has labeled six races as thought of “tossups”: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada and Wisconsin. Three lean in favor of the Republican candidate: Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio. And one is leaning towards the Democrat: Colorado.

Historically, a president’s social gathering tends to lose seats throughout midterm elections. Former President George W. Bush was the final president to see his social gathering achieve seats throughout a midterm election. That was in 2002, shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist assaults.