The (Unfinished) Battle for the Senate

<p>After the tumult of last week’s voting, one crucial question remains: Who will control the Senate?</p><p>The answer lies in Georgia, where two runoff elections in January will decide who has the advantage in the upper chamber.</p><p>With so much at stake, we look at how those races might shake out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/julie-hirschfeld-davis?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"><strong>Julie Hirschfeld Davis,</strong></a><strong> </strong>congressional editor for The New York Times.</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily. </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have leveled unfounded claims of foul play in Georgia’s elections, a signal that their campaigns will focus on<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/kelly-loeffler-david-perdue-raffensperger.html?searchResultPosition=2" target="_blank"> turning out President Trump’s conservative base</a>.</li><li>What’s a runoff, and why are there two? Here’s an explainer on<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/georgia-senate-runoff-explainer.html" target="_blank"> the Senate races in Georgia</a>.</li></ul>