Senate Latest: Senate majority key for White House winner

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Senate races in the 2020 election (all times local):
5:15 p.m.
Securing a Senate majority will be crucial for whichever candidate wins the White House.
Senators confirm administration nominees, including the Cabinet, and can propel or stall the White House agenda.
With Republicans now controlling the chamber, 53-47, three or four seats will determine party control, depending on who wins the presidency because the vice president can break a tie.
Republicans a