For those asking: if the Democrats win both Georgia runoffs, the Senate would be 50-50. Because VP Kamala Harris would be the tiebreaker on all matters, the Democrats would have the "majority." Schumer not McConnell would be Senate Majority Leader. It's pretty straightforward.
To be clear, Democrat Cal Cunningham hasn't officially lost in North Carolina yet, and Democrat-aligned Independent Al Gross in Alaska says he thinks he still has a shot at winning.
The above runoff math is based on Cunningham and Gross both losing.
The above runoff math is based on Cunningham and Gross both losing.
This is in response to everyone flooding me with "what if it ends up 50-50" questions. That's always a straightforward matter of which party controls the White House.
I'm not saying winning both runoffs will be easy. But we have to try. It's for all the marbles.
I'm not saying winning both runoffs will be easy. But we have to try. It's for all the marbles.
This math also counts registered independent Senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King as Democrats, because they caucus as Democrats. For headcount purposes they are Democrats.
Some of you are asking why Schumer as majority leader and not some other Democrat. That would be up to Senate Democrats to decide once they're in there. For the sake of the current headcount scenario, it doesn't matter.
Look, this is all REALLY REALLY REALLY simple: if we win both runoffs and get to 50-50, we take majority control of the Senate. Period. Full stop. It's kindergarten level simple. Let's not waste the runoff period trying to confuse ourselves. Let's spend our time fighting to win.
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