Democrats' only path to avoid a Republican majority in the Senate could require winning both seats in Georgia.
Here’s how:
The balance of power in the Senate currently sits at 47 Democrats and 47 Republicans, with six seats to be decided.
Democrats need four more seats to get to 51, which would flip the Senate in their control. If Joe Biden wins the presidency, Kamala Harris would be a tiebreaker in the Senate.
Currently, Republican incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis is maintaining his lead in North Carolina and incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins has a lead in Maine. In Alaska, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is leading Democrat Al Gross.
There is an opportunity for Democrats is in the Arizona race, where Democratic challenger Mark Kelly is maintaining his sizable lead over incumbent GOP Sen. Martha McSally.
This makes the two seats in Georgia indispensable for Democrats. The race for incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s seat will go into a runoff with Raphael Warnock. This election will be held on January 5.
In the second race, Republican incumbent David Perdue is currently ahead of his Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff. Perdue has exactly 50% of the reported votes but he needs to maintain that, because if Ossoff keeps narrowing this margin as he has been so far, the race could also go into a runoff election.
“This is an interesting position potentially if Democrats are going to shoot the moon here. They would find themselves hanging everything on the southern state of Georgia. That's an uncomfortable place to be for Democrats,” CNN’s Brianna Keilar said Thursday.