Georgia presidential race heads to a "full, by-hand recount."

"'With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by-hand recount in each county,' Raffensperger said. 'It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvass all at once.' In risk-limiting audits, every ballot is not necessarily examined for accuracy. But, because of the closeness of the presidential race, that is what will happen to every ballot in Georgia. Raffensperger said the margin between Biden and Trump is currently just 14,111 votes." (POLITICO)

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• The Georgia presidential race will be fully recounted, the state's Secretary of State, a Republican, announced today. This will be a "by-hand recount," and every ballot will be "examined for accuracy."

• Joe Biden currently leads by just over 14,000 votes, which is a narrow margin -- less than 0.5% ahead of President Trump. That's why the Georgia Secretary of State had previously said he expected a recount in the state.

• The state deadline to certify its results is November 20. As POLITICO reported, "He noted that, following the deadline, a candidate could request a recount if the margin is within a half a percentage point. But that recount would be conducted using scanners, not by hand."

• Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler had previously called for the Georgia Secretary of State to resign, and Georgia's Republican Members in the House sent a letter to the Georgia Secretary of State expressing their concern over "serious allegations of voting irregularities."

• The Georgia Secretary of State acknowledged that the by-hand recount will "help build confidence."

With wins in Alaska and North Carolina, Republicans now have 50 Senate seats.

"Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has won his Senate reelection bid in Alaska, giving Republicans 50 Senate seats, two more than Democrats currently hold. The Associated Press called the race for Sullivan over his Democratic opponent Al Gross on Wednesday, more than a week after Election Day." (National Review)

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• The Senate went from a 48-48 tie between Republicans and Democrats to 50 Republican seats, with wins announced in Alaska and North Carolina in the past 24 hours.

• Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) officially won his re-election. He was expected to win.

• Yesterday, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) won his re-election after his opponent conceded.

The North Carolina Senate race was contentious -- and saw a large amount of spending by both major parties. In the final weeks, it was also marked by upheaval: Sen. Tillis contracted COVID (thankfully, he has fully recovered). His Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham was discovered to have been involved with a woman who is not his wife.

The North Carolina governor, a Democrat, was caught on a "hot mic" while speaking to joe Biden, and the governor predicted (incorrectly, it turns out) that Cunningham would "get across the line."

• The delay in results from Alaska and North Carolina were caused by a large influx of mail-in and absentee ballots this year due to COVID. North Carolina will still accept ballots postmarked November 3rd or earlier up to tomorrow; Alaska did not start counting absentee ballots until yesterday.

• The fate of the Senate is still up to Georgia, which will have two Senate run-off races in January. If Democrats win both races, the Senate will be tied at a 50-50 party split -- and the Vice President casts the tie-breaking vote.

Trump campaign files new lawsuit in Michigan.

"The lawsuit marks the second legal challenge the campaign has filed in Michigan as part of a broader effort to call into question the results in battleground states where President Trump is trailing President-elect Joe Biden. The campaign had previously filed a similar lawsuit in Michigan claims court, where a judge rejected its request." (The Hill)

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• The Trump campaign finalized a new lawsuit to prevent the certification of election results in Michigan until "allegations of [voting] irregularities are addressed."

• The Trump campaign's statement explains that the lawsuit is based on affidavits that allege election officials were "counting ineligible ballots, counting batches of the same ballots multiple times, counting illegal late ballots and pre-dating them, accepting ballots deposited in drop boxes after the deadline, and duplicating ballots illegally."

• The Michigan Secretary of State denied all of the allegations.

• Joe Biden won Michigan and its 16 Electoral college votes.