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This Sat­ur­day, Pres­i­dent Trump will hold his first ral­ly since Elec­tion Day as he heads to Geor­gia to fire up the Repub­li­can base for Sen­a­tor Kel­ly Loef­fler (R‑GA) and Sen­a­tor David Per­due (R‑GA).

Both of the incum­bent Repub­li­can sen­a­tors are locked in tight run offs with their Demo­c­ra­t­ic challengers.

In the short term the stakes in Geor­gia are obvi­ous: with Repub­li­cans cur­rent­ly hold­ing 50 seats in the Sen­ate, the GOP needs to win at least one of these races to main­tain con­trol of the upper chamber.

Should Democ­rats pre­vail in both races, Kamala Har­ris – if she is sworn in as Vice Pres­i­dent – would pro­vide the tie-break­ing vote and wrest con­trol of the cham­ber to Sen­a­tor Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) and the Democrats.