Hi, this is Rose Mary from Washington State. I have traveled to Banner Elk, North Carolina

to attend the 45th annual Woolly Worm Festival. The crowd is cheering right now for the

racing Woolly Worms. This podcast is recorded at 111 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday the 10th

of November.

So this is like a groundhog without a spinal column? I don't know what it is, but that

per-whoever, thank you to that listener. I feel like you could tell when somebody

understands the art of audio. I feel like I was there. You know, I was watching those

worms, friends. Wormston Churchill. That's all I have to say.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

I'm Miles Park. I cover voting. And I'm Dominica Montenaro, Senior Political Editor and

Correspondent. There are multiple close races in the house yet to be decided and control

of the Senate could be decided sometime in the next week or not until next month. There's

a runoff in Georgia set for December 6th. So, Dominica, let's start with the Senate.

Democrats are up one with their flip of the Pennsylvania Senate race. That means Republicans

need to pick up two of the three undecided competitive races still outstanding to take

control of the Senate. So, where do things stand?

Yeah, that's right. That's essentially it. I mean, we're watching Arizona and Nevada

in particular because we know Georgia is going to the runoff on December 6th. There's

a lot of votes still out in places like Maricopa County in Arizona. That won't be counted

until tomorrow afternoon. They estimate about 95% of the vote will be in at that point.

You know, Democrats are optimistic about both races that they have paths to hold in Arizona

and to overcome the slight margin that Adam Lacksault, the Republican in Nevada, is

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