"Even some members here feel voting for change is futile. "
I'm guilty of that, but I still vote, write letters, and join organizations.
I compare it to pissing into the wind,
with some practice you can get it done and stay dry.
Republicans gaining a majority in the US Senate is still looking promising ---- for now.
As it stands, the Senate is at 48D/49R. 51 are needed for a majority. 50/50 gives the Dems a majority, as Kamala gets to decide any ties.
That's 48+49 = 97 seats decided. Between the 3 remaining races, GA and NV look to be the GOP's best shot at hitting the magic number of 51, with AZ being a less likely seat to flip to "R". If Republican candidates only win one of those three seats, we go back to a 50/50 split.
Georgia will make 98 seats decided. A runoff election is to be Dec 6th from what I heard. Since neither top candidate received the minimum 50% of the votes cast, the runoff is automatic. Walker (R) has a very good chance of winning.
Nevada is going to be counting for a week or more according to reports.
That is the 99th Senate seat, and the Republican candidate is making a strong showing.
In Nevada, two days after Election Day, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's race to defend her seat
against the challenge from Republican Adam Laxalt is still a toss-up, and the outcome may not be known for
days. On Thursday morning, with about 84% of the results in, Laxalt was leading by almost 2 points, but the
race has tightened, and the margin separating the two is now under 16,000 votes.
Ballots are still being counted in the state's most populous county, Clark County, where 86% of the vote is in.
In 2016, Cortez Masto won the county by over 80,000 votes. Washoe County, the second largest county,
where Reno is located, has 88% of the vote in.
Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria told reporters in Las Vegas Wednesday that he expects that the
ballots in that county may be counted by next Thursday, at the latest, and the canvass of the vote would take
place next Friday.
Cortez Masto, 58, is considered to be the most vulnerable Democratic senator fighting for reelection, and if
Laxalt, a former state attorney general, defeats her, it will be a crucial pickup for Republicans looking to flip
the seat and gain control of the upper chamber. Three Senate races remain to be decided. In addition to Nevada,
Arizona's Senate race is yet to be called, and Georgia's Senate race is going to a runoff in early December.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-2022-nevada-senate-results-2022-11-08/Arizona is the final state to complete the 100 seats in the Senate.
Dem Mark Kelly, who was elected in a special election after the death of John McCain, is leading with 76% of the votes counted.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, is leading his Trump-backed GOP challenger Blake Masters in the
race for the state's Senate seat, and CBS News characterizes the race as leaning Democratic.
As of Thursday morning, Kelly's lead had increased by a few thousand since Wednesday. He's currently
leading Masters by about 95,000 votes, or 5 percentage points, over Masters, with 76% of the results in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/arizona-senate-results-2022-elections-midterms-mark-kelly-blake-masters/