[cricket]

"Thereby changing control of the Senate without anything so messy as an election. They really do hate democracy don't they?"

Yes.

[dufekin]

The Democrats actually retain majority control of the Senate despite (not without or because of) elections that have reduced their "majority" to negative eleven. By disciplining RINOs and winning elections, the Republicans can take back the Senate if they can gain 61 seats and reduce the Democrats' margin to negative twenty-three.