By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional control is in play on tuesdaywith increasingly close races for the House and Senate That will determine which party has the majority and the power to push or block a president’s agenda, or whether the White House faces a crisis. Divided Capitol.

Key races run parallel to the first presidential election since the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitolbut also in unexpected corners of the country after what has been one of the The most chaotic sessions of Congress. in modern times.

In the end, only a handful of seats, or even just one, could tip the balance in either chamber.

The economy, border security, reproductive rights and even the future of American democracy itself All of them have marked the debate.