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It's Friday.

Today's show, why two states might hold the key to the Senate.

It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

A bit of news in case you missed it, Ian is back to Hurricane Strength. McKinnerd from

the Associated Press reports. A revived hurricane Ian set its sights on South Carolina's

Coast Friday and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge

and floods after the megastorm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and left

people trapped in their homes. With all of South Carolina's coast under a hurricane warning,

a steady stream of vehicles left Charleston on Thursday, many likely heating officials' warnings

to seek higher ground. Storefronts were sandbagged toward off high water levels in an area

prone to inundation.

With winds holding at 85 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center's update at 2 a.m. Friday

placed in about 175 miles southeast of Charleston and forecast a life-threatening storm surge

and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coastal area later Friday.

We're six-ish weeks away from Election Day, and the Senate battlefield is narrowing.

Leaders in both parties agree that control of the upper chamber is coming down to two very

different Sunbelt swing states, Nevada and Georgia. Politico's, Bridges Everett and Natalie Allison report this

morning. Democrats' most straightforward path to keeping the majority still means bringing back

their so-called Corps Four battleground senators, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Markelly of Arizona,

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