No Flips For GOP!

Catherine Cortez Masto is the 50th vote.

The status quo of politics allowed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen-Elect Tedd Budd (R-NC) and Sen-Elect J.D. Vance (R-OH) a trip to Washington.

Republicans hoped they could win back the senate with Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire and Georgia. It turns out that no major flips. They would end up losing Pennsylvania with Sen-Elect John Fetterman (D-OH).

Now it is confirmed that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) will be heading back to the Senate. Vice President Kamala Harris will now be the tie breaker once again.

Kelly's projected victory on Friday comes three days after polls closed, and as Arizona officials continued counting ballots that were mailed in or dropped off, particularly in the vote-rich Maricopa County, home to Phoenix.

Cortez Masto, the first Latina elected to the Senate, will hold onto her seat in Nevada after enduring a bruising campaign against Republican Adam Laxalt, who fell short of ousting the Democrat despite severe midterm headwinds, NBC News projects. She eeks out a small victory given that exit polls showed Latino turnout sunk slightly.

Mark Kelly's win deflates GOP hopes of flipping Arizona.

The outcome follows days of protracted mail-in ballot counting, with the results resting largely with the state’s most populous county, Clark County, which posted updates once a day since Tuesday. A race long predicted to be within the margin of error was indeed close through the end.

Democrats remain hopeful that Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) will prevail in the Georgia runoff.

Laxalt and Blake Masters refused to acknowledge President Joe Biden won fair and square. They ran on the noise that got J.D. Vance his victory. But with Ohio being more whiter and less populated, he easily beaten Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH). 

Laxalt lost because of the young voters and Latino vote. Also he lost being an avowed white nationalist. It was Washed Up 45 who endorsed this asshole and promoted the noise.

Masters lost because of the young voters, independents and Latino vote. John McCain's  widow, Ambassador Cindy McCain and step children including noise maker Meghan McCain endorsed Mark Kelly. 

The far right thought Fetterman's stroke would defeat him. It backfired.

Kelly, a retired astronaut, military commander and husband to former lawmaker and gun violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords won by staying focused on combating the noise and keeping Democrats close to him where Cheri Beasley amd Tim Ryan chose not to have them.

Democrats will now focus on defeating Herschel Walker, a token Black Republican who is embracing the extremism within the MAGA movement.

Laxalt will be added to the list of candidates who should never run again. He failed at running for governor and now the senate. He will find comfort on America's Real Voices or Newsmax.