With Pennsylvania tapping out for the evening and denying the nation a result to our presidential election, the fate of the White House hangs in the balance. But thanks to the long-shot reelection of Joni Ernst, conservatives can sleep easy tonight knowing that Republicans will keep crucial control over the Senate.

Early on, the GOP exchanged Cory Gardner’s precarious seat in Colorado for Tommy Tuberville’s safe one in Alabama. Democrats then failed to flip the always-safe seats of Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. And thanks to Ernst salvaging her own seat, she all but saved the Senate math to keep McConnell in power.