Pennsylvania's candidate-packed, toss-up, celebrity-laden Senate race could decide control of Congress

WASHINGTON, Pa. – If Democrats are going to hold the Senate, they must win the very few closely contested states up for grabs – particularly Pennsylvania, a politically divided state that includes volatile sections like this old industrial corner of the southwest.

Democrats in western Pennsylvania fully believe they will decide the political fate of the Senate in a unique 2022 contest: the most populous state with a toss-up Senate race, and probably a close contest for an open seat in a state that President Joe Biden carried.

Ardella Bryant, a retired lab technician who showed up at a wine bar in downtown Washington to see Democratic candidate John Fetterman, said the world these days is filled with "chaos and confusion," and Donald Trump's Republicans are strong in her area.

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