GOP Sen. Thom Tillis won a second term in North Carolina, after Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded defeat Tuesday in what was the most expensive election in the country this year.
The victory gives the GOP at least 49 senators in the new Congress, with GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska leading his race to become the 50th Republican. Control of the Senate will come down to two Jan. 5 runoffs in Georgia.
Tillis, a first-term senator who narrowly won his seat in a GOP wave six years ago, faced persistent concerns with Republican base voters and even the threat of a primary challenge, all of which weakened his standing in a tightly divided state even before the election year arrived.
But the race shifted dramatically in a 48-hour period in early October. Tillis tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to quarantine at a critical juncture. Just hours later, Cunningham's campaign confirmed he had sent illicit text messages to a woman who was not his wife. Revelation of the affair upended Cunningham's campaign, forcing him to apologize and kicking off a period of underground campaigning.
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