Pence acknowledged that many people were upset at the outcome of the November election and vowed to keep up the fight in “courthouses across America.” However, he dismissed calls for people to sit the Georgia election out in protest because control of the Senate is on the line.

“A Republican Senate majority could be the last line of defense to preserve all that we’ve done for our country,” Pence said. “If you don’t vote there could be nothing to stop [Senator] Chuck Schumer and [Speaker] Nancy Pelosi from advancing their radical left agenda.”

That agenda, according to Pence, includes cutting military spending, raising taxes and “trampling our values.”

If Perdue or Loeffler keep their seat, Republicans will hold a slim majority in the Senate, continuing the split control of Congress. However, if Democratic challengers Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can defeat the incumbents in January, it’ll create a 50–50 split, effectively giving Democrats control because Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie.

Polls show it’s going to be a close race and it may be a matter of which party is able to get their voters to the polls. Georgia saw record turnout in the November election and early voting in the runoff election is outpacing early voting in the general election. On Monday, the first day of in-person early voting, 168,093 absentee ballots were cast, about 40,000 more than on the first day of in-person early voting for the November election.

Pence, a devout Christian, encouraged voters to pray “with confidence” about the election, saying “it’s never been more important” than in this challenging time.

Both parties have been pouring resources into the runoff elections and urging voters to make their voices heard. But, potentially working against Loeffler and Perdue are calls to boycott the election because of claims that fraud caused President Donald Trump the election.

The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., dismissed those calls and on Thursday, Pence urged voters to “stay in the fight” and bring friends and family members to vote.

“It all comes down to Georgia so stay in the fight,” Pence said. “If you don’t vote they win.”