Sunday, October 20th, 2024.

I'm Jared Halpern.

The electoral map isn't just about getting the 270.

There's also a race to 51 as Democrats play defense

to hold on to control of the U.S. Senate.

Nowhere is it written on a stone tablet at the US Capitol that just because you have a

50-50 Senate that the party that has the vice presidency has the majority.

We've only had these tied senates twice. I'm

Jessica Rosenthal. It's got the smallest number of electoral votes of all the

swing states but Nevada is critical with sizable Latino and independent voting blocks and an abortion measure on the ballot this fall.

It's kitchen table issues and the independent streak that Nevadans have.

They don't like to be told what to do.

They don't like to be told what to do. They don't like to be told they're supposed to vote

for one candidate because of their demographic.

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. Regardless of the outcome on November 5th, Vice President Kamala Harris will leave

office a record holder. No Vice President has cast more tie-breaking votes in

the Senate than she has at 33. John C. Calhoun, who was

VP before the Civil War, had the previous record of 31. The reason Harris has

been needed so often in the Senate is because that chamber has been so closely divided during the Biden administration.

Democrats have held no more than a two-seat advantage the entire term, meaning just a single absence or

defecting Democrat was enough for the Vice President to be called in. The next

Congress appears to be headed for a similar setup with polling showing very close Senate races in several

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