Uncertainty about who will control the 118th Congress when it begins on Jan. 3, 2023, will still loom large when the lame-duck session of the current legislature convenes on Nov. 14 with Democrats in charge in the Senate and House of Representatives.
As it was two years ago, when runoffs in Georgia for two Senate seats resulted in the chamber’s current 50–50 split—with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tiebreaking votes—control for the 2023 Senate will be decided on Dec. 6.
That’s when voters in the Peach State will return to the polls for a runoff to decide whether to keep incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in office or to send Republican challenger and former Heisman Trophy winner Hershel Walker to the nation’s capital. Neither Warnock, who had a slight lead, nor Walker got more than the 50 percent of votes cast as required to avoid a runoff….