The immediate stakes for Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Georgia are not especially huge. The Democrats already know they will control the upper chamber of Congress since they flipped Pennsylvania’s Senate seat with John Fetterman’s win.
But looking ahead to 2024, Georgia’s seat looks a lot more important as a way for Democrats to bank an advantage with a potentially daunting road ahead. Two years from now the Democrats will be defending a lot more turf than Republicans, and some states look like they could be particularly difficult terrain.
Let’s start with the most basic figures. Democrats or Democrat-leaning independents hold 23 of the 33 Senate seats with elections in 2024. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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