Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), who was the Democrats’ biggest Republican target in the Senate, has just defeated Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) to win reelection to a third term. This now puts Republicans at 49 seats to Democrats’ 48 seats as the race for control of the Senate continues.

According to The Hill, NBC News and CNN both called the race for Johnson. The Associated Press has also called the race.

Johnson and Republican allied groups repeatedly hit Barnes for supporting the end of cash bail, which they linked to the 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack in which a 39-year-old man who had been released from custody on $1,000 bail after being accused of domestic violence crashed his SUV through a crowd, killing six people and injuring dozens more.

Barnes had nearly a 5-point average lead in the polls until Sept. 13 and then Johnson began to swiftly close the gap, passing his rival in the polls on Sept. 20 and then building a comfortable lead.

Johnson was viewed as the Democrats’ best chance of defeating a Senate Republican incumbent this cycle after President Biden won the state in 2020 by 20,000 votes, or less than a percentage point.