Can someone explain to me how the Senate balance will be 53-47? My math says it should be 54-46.
51-49 was the balance before midterms. GOP held all seats other than AZ (or maybe it's just changing hands to an actual Dem, since Flake was basically a Dem… either way -1), and flipped 4 Dem seats (MO, ND, IN, FL – +4) making for a 54-46 balance. We'll only be at 53-47 if MS is stolen in the runoff.
Am I missing something?