This Issue: 0.2 Percentage Point Short of Senate Wall Against Open Borders Agenda

Fri, Nov. 6^th

Immigration policy is our only issue.

And for that reason, I've been sweating tenths of decimal points in the returns for Sen. Perdue (R-Georgia) day and night.

Perdue is a good Senator for our issue of immigration reduction and enforcement, with a NumbersUSA Career B+ grade. But his re-election has far more significance for us than his individual record.

As long as he was winning with 50.0% or more, it looked like we could enter this weekend with a sigh of relief about the Republican Senate Immigration Wall. That's the congressional "wall" that we seem to desperately need to prevent the nearly-open-borders policies promised by Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi.

But last night, Perdue's percentage slipped a tenth of a decimal point to 49.9% and is now at 49.8%. He still leads his opponent fairly comfortably by 2.0 percentage points, with 98% of votes counted. But if he doesn't get back up to 50.0%, he will be thrown into a runoff race that won't occur until January. That leaves a lot of time for a two-month nationwide campaign to influence that race.

If -- as now seems likely based on returns thus far -- Republican Senators in Alaska, Maine and North Carolina win their re-election bids, Republicans will be guaranteed 50 seats in the new Senate. If Perdue can get back to 50.0%, the potential Senate Wall against open-borders policies can be cemented with that 51st vote (of 100).

I say "potential" because we know from plenty of experience that Republican Senators as a whole are always being pulled to give corporate lobbyists the cheap labor they demand. It will take our activist network's greatest effort ever to persuade a Republican Senate to stand up against the immigration policies promised by a Biden White House and a Pelosi House, especially when those promises can align with corporate interests.

Election results have already confirmed that America's voters have renewed Democrats' control over the U.S. House of Representatives, although voters appear to be flipping 10 to 15 House seats back to Republicans. (See the list in the right column.

For now, we have to make plans based on a Biden victory for the White House.

WHAT WE LOSE IN THE SENATE DUE TO FLIPS

Voters have turned three incumbent Senators out of office thus far.

SEN. JONES (D-Ala.) -- Elected to fill out immigration-reduction-champion Sen. Jeff Sessions' term, he chose to earn an F-minus grade on immigration actions to protect American workers. Voters decided F-minus wasn't a passing grade.

SEN. GARDNER (R-Colo.) -- Although he was considerably better on immigration than the person who beat him, he spent his career in Congress earning only a C-minus immigration grade, and descended to an F-minus THIS CONGRESS grade over the last two years.

SEN. McSALLY (R-Ariz.) -- Earning a B-minus grade over her time in the House and Senate, she had slipped to a C grade during This Congress. Our Candidate Comparison team rated her better for American workers than the winner Mark Kelly. We hope Kelly can resist Senate Democratic leadership's pressure and stick with his campaign statements that he supports mandatory E-Verify, securing the border and defunding sanctuary cities.

BUILDING THE SENATE WALL

I can speculate that we are within 0.2 percentage points of building that all-important Senate Immigration Wall because of the following positive developments:

IOWA -- Senator Ernst won re-election in a nationally fought close race. She has a NumbersUSA Career A-minus for immigration actions protecting American workers.

MONTANA -- Sen. Daines won re-election in another nationally contested race. He has a NumbersUSA Career B grade.

And Republican incumbent Senators Collins (Maine) and Tillis (North Carolina) who had been widely predicted likely to lose their seats currently are leading in the vote tallies with most votes counted.

Neither is a lot of help in fighting for vulnerable American workers: Collins earned an F-minus This Congress grade, and Tillis a C+ This Congress grade. But their re-elections will make possible a Majority Leader position for Sen. McConnell (R-Kentucky), who was instrumental in helping us defeat the Kennedy/McCain/Bush amnesty of 2007.

ROY BECK, NUMBERSUSA PRESIDENT

NOTE FROM NUMBERSUSA PRESIDENT ROY BECK:

I always point out that people vote for a candidate based on all kinds of issues and assessments of character, experience, etc.

My comments about all of these candidates in terms of criticism and praise reflect my assessment on only one thing: How their victory or defeat affects our ability to mold immigration policies into ones that promote the welfare of America's most vulnerable workers and families, plus promoting the sustainability of our country's natural habitat, flora and fauna, as well as Americans' individual and community freedoms.

DEFEATED U.S. REPRESENTATIVES

Thus far.

Take a look at the grades that these unseated Representatives earned in this Congress for immigration actions to protect American workers.

FLORIDA-26 -- Rep. Muscarsel-Powell (F-)

FLORIDA-27 -- Rep. Shalala (F-)

IOWA-1 -- Rep. Finkenauer (D+)

MINNESOTA-7 -- Rep. Peterson (F-)

NEW MEXICO-2 -- Rep. Torres Small (F)

OKLAHOMA-5 -- Rep. Bice (D+)

SOUTH CAROLINA-1 -- Rep. Cunningham (D)

Those were all first-term Democrats (except Peterson) who followed their Party leadership's immigration-expansion orders for the most part.

Three Republican seats thus far have flipped to Democratic winners. In all three cases, the incumbent Republican had retired. The two from North Carolina had Districts that were significantly altered through court-ordered redistricting.

The three retired Republicans who will be missing from the next Congress are:

GEORGIA-7 -- Rep. Woodall (B+)

NORTH CAROLINA-2 -- Rep. Holding (A)

NORTH CAROLINA-6 -- Rep. Walker (A+)

We are tracking 10 other races in which incumbents with F or D immigration grades are currently losing in the vote counts.

GOOD NEWS IN CLOSE RACES

The following candidates (both challengers and incumbents) were predicted to be in really close races before Tuesday's elections. All of them were Republicans judged by our Candidate Comparison committee as being far superior to their opponent on immigration issues.

Thus, we have been pleased with these results.

CO-3 -- Lauren Boebert has won the open-seat race.

NY-1 -- Rep. Zeldin won his re-election. He has a NumbersUSA Career A grade.

PA-10 -- Rep. Perry won his re-election. He is one of the rock stars of immigration protection for American workers with NumbersUSA's top rating as a TRUE REFORMER.

TX-21 -- Rep. Roy won his re-election. He has a NumbersUSA Career A+ grade.

TX-31 -- Rep. Carter won his re-election. He has a NumbersUSA Career B+ grade.

VA-5 -- Bob Good won this open seat after he defeated the Republican incumbent in a primary election based on immigration issues. He ran as a NumbersUSA TRUE REFORMER.

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Lisa IRVING VENUS

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Thu, Nov. 5^th

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