“We’re having some preliminary meetings, but because of Georgia and the uncertainty of who is controlling the Senate they have to be tentative,” said Sen. Dick Durbin
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When asked how he was feeling about the party’s chances in the Peach State, Durbin warned that people were being cautious because “no one wants to say anything for fear we’ll go through a Nov. 3 experience where we thought we had such promising prospects.”
In order to win back the majority for the first time since 2014, Democrats will have to unseat both Loeffler and Perdue in order to force a 50-50 tie; otherwise Republicans will hold either 51 or 52 seats for at least the first two years of Biden’s presidency.