“After two years and a multibillion-dollar barrage of political attack ads, the fight for Senate control is down to a handful of races, with Republicans holding a clear edge but Democrats maintaining a narrow path to retaining their majority if events break their way,” the New York Times reports. “As the final days of an intensely polarizing campaign season play out, the Senate focus is on seats held by Democrats in Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and on Republican seats in Texas and Nebraska.” “The outcome will help determine how much power the next president can wield, given the Senate’s crucial role in approving cabinet and judicial nominations and in setting — or thwarting — the legislative agenda.”