before they head to the polls. trying times. and with control of the senate and the house both up for grabs, both parties are barnstorming the critical battleground states. let s check in with cnn s senior data reporter, harry enten. where are we on the battle for the senate? hey, alisyn. let s start off with an idea of what s at stake in this election. how close the balance of power in the united states senate was going into election night. look at this. we got a 50-50 senate right now between democrats and republicans with vice president kamala harris breaking that tie. so any one seat, any one seat shift could make all the difference in the world. so what are some key states that we re watching? here are some key senate races that we re watching. look, we ve got wisconsin. we ve got georgia. we ve got pennsylvania. we ve got nevada. we ve got arizona. not on here, also my favorite state, the place where i went to college, new hampshire is another state that we re watch
we re going be to be looking at the keystone case, pennsylvania, the common wwealth of pennsylvania. the polling is tight there right now. the choice for pennsylvania senate, it s within the margin of error. democrat john fetterman, 47%. mehmet oz at 47%. this race has been tightening this entire last few months. and to give you an understanding of how important the pennsylvania senate race is to democrats chance of maintaining control, if mehmet oz wins, the republican, they have just an 18% chance of holding on to the chamber. if john fetterman, the democrat, wins, the democrats chances jump all the way to 70%. so pennsylvania a really key state. back to you. i think that would be great for our dueling panel segment tonight. i like it. so i ll take pennsylvania. set the clock, please, for four minutes if you would. thank you very much. we re back with scott jennings, keith boykin, and also joining us is cnn presidential historian
all. too dangerous. actually, paul, i think what s unfortunate in the keystone case is that you and i and the keystone people were thinking that if only we could address these risks of leaks, this would satisfy the environmentalists. what you find out is that s really not their issue at all. and the director for the international program at the national resources defense council said last week that the question to the administration is not whether crude should be shipped by pipeline or rail. the question is whether we will deepen our reliance on dirty fuels of the past. any kind of oil is dirty. yeah. they want what you refer to as clean energy solutions of the future. and we know all about those solution. are pipelines safer than rail cars? yes. let s put it the table. there is no perfectly safe way to transport energy. there is month perfectly safe