Senate Control Projected, Key Races Still Counting

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Maya The biggest story this hour: CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will control the US Senate in the next Congress.

Daniel That puts Democrats at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with two Senate races still not yet projected tonight.

Daniel Nationally in the Senate popular vote, Democrats lead 52.2 percent to 44.5 percent for Republicans, with 92 percent reporting.

Maya Now let's get to the races we're watching tonight, starting in Kansas.

Daniel In the Kansas governor's race, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Daniel Up in Alaska, remember these are ranked-choice contests, so these are first-choice votes. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent, with 74 percent reporting.

Daniel Also first-choice votes, in Alaska's governor's race, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Bernadette Wilson 49.1 to 29.2 percent, with 73 percent reporting.

Maya And one more tight one, in Mississippi.

Daniel Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.

Maya Before we go, how did Crosstab's final polling average hold up against tonight's results?

Daniel In Texas, our average showed James Talarico up 3.7 points; James Talarico is now leading by 9.9. In Florida, our average had Ashley Moody up 5.2 points; Ashley Moody is currently leading by 2.9.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.