Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting

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Maya It is 12:35 PM Eastern, and the headline right now is Senate control. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will hold the Senate majority.

Daniel That is right, Maya. Democrats currently sit at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with 2 races not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50, so this one is settled according to those networks.

Maya But plenty of individual races are still tight. Let's start in Kansas.

Daniel In the Kansas governor's race, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting. That is razor thin, and it is too close to call.

Maya Now to Alaska, where these are first-choice votes under ranked-choice voting.

Daniel In the Alaska Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 percent to 47.9 percent in first-choice votes, with 74 percent reporting. Too close to call.

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

Maya And Mississippi's Senate race is just as close.

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

Maya Nationally, how is the overall Senate vote looking?

Daniel Democrats lead Republicans 52.2 percent to 44.5 percent nationally in Senate races, with 92 percent reporting.

Maya Let's check the polling. Daniel, how did Crosstab's averages hold up?

Daniel Mixed. In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average had Talarico up 3.7, and James Talarico ended up winning by 9.9. In Florida, Crosstab had Moody up 5.2, and Ashley Moody's actual margin came in at 2.9.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.