Fox News anchor Bret Baier had some fantastic news for fans of former President Donald Trump, and he shared it on his show.

The current race for the United States Senate is tied, but there is a path for Republicans to take the majority, which is welcome news both for the party and for the former president.

If the polls are starting to shift toward Republicans, as the anchor explained, then that is a welcome sign for the former president.

“Every day as we get closer to the election, we’re obviously focused on those swing states for the presidential race, but we’re also focused on the battle for control of the U.S. Senate. It really does hang in the balance,” the anchor said.

“You see these yellow states, these are our toss-ups, and as you see our what-if scenario, 49-42, we can say as of today, the RealClearPolitics average of polls, let’s just say, who’s leading in those will give them the state. Maryland is a lead for Democrats. Ohio is closing, but still, Sherrod Brown has the lead there. Michigan is Democrat-leaning. Wisconsin, as well. Arizona and Nevada. Republicans right now leading in the polls in West Virginia and Montana,” he said.

“I see I leave Pennsylvania here because I want to tell the story about Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democrat Bob Casey facing Dave McCormick. The RealClearPolitics average of polls in this race has been closing in recent days. There you see it, a little bit more than five points, but the recent poll, the most recent, the Washington Post poll out, has this race tied at 48-48. That is a big deal. If the Republicans manage to pull off this upset win over the incumbent, go back to the map, you can see it would be 52-48,” he said.

Not only is that important news for the former president, but the Senate is where judges, including Supreme Court Justices, are confirmed and if Republicans are in control that would be safety net for them to protect the court.

It follows more fantastic news the former president got from another key swing state last week.

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Democrats are furious after the Republican-led Georgia State Election Board passed a rule that has drawn bipartisan criticism.

In a 3 – 2 vote on Friday, with three allies of former President Donald Trump casting the deciding votes, the Board decided that ballots must be hand-counted on Election Day, CNN reported.

“The new hand-counting rule requires counties to count by hand the number of ballots cast at a polling place to make sure it matches the number of ballots tallied by voting machines. The hand-counters won’t be tallying how many votes each candidate received — that’s what the machines do,” the report said.

State Election Board member Janelle King spoke to reporters after the vote and said that the rule was needed.

“Unfortunately, a few bad apples, a few miscounts here or there, a few double counts, lead to an overshadowing of the great work that many of our election board offices are doing time and time again,” she said. “So this is a very difficult position: Do we maintain the status quo because it’s easier or do we make a few adjustments so that we can be better?”

The Republican National Committee issued a press release after the vote and praised the decision of the board.

“We applaud Georgia’s Election Board members for passing these critical rules and continuing to fight for transparency and accuracy in Georgia’s elections. This is our country’s most important election, and Georgia has sent a clear message: ballots will be protected, and cheating will not be tolerated,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said.

The Democrat National Committee, by contrast, is vehemently opposed to the change.