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The race for control of the U.S.
Senate is tight.
It's going to be decided by just a handful of states.
One of them is Alaska, where this week the double Dan Sullivan drama blew up in a big way.
But we're going to start with Michigan, where Democrats are trying to hang on to a seat they have held for decades.
It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Tamara Keith.
I cover politics.
I'm Sam Greenglass.
I cover Congress.
And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.
And Sam, you are in Michigan.
You've been reporting from there throughout this election off and on.
So why is Michigan and its Senate race so important?
Yeah, Michigan is a perennial swing state, and it's also one of two states
that President Trump won in 2024 that Democrats are now defending a seat in the Senate.