Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting

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Maya The big headline this hour: control of the Senate has been decided.

Daniel That's right, Maya. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats take control, with Democrats at 54 seats and Republicans at 44, and two races not yet projected.

Maya Democrats needed 51 for the majority, Republicans needed 50 — so that bar has been cleared according to those network projections.

Maya Let's go to the races still counting. Daniel, start us in Kansas.

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

Maya And Alaska — remember, those are ranked-choice numbers.

Daniel Right, these are first-choice votes only. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent with 74 percent reporting.

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

Maya One more tight one — Mississippi's Senate race.

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

Maya Nationally, Democrats lead the generic Senate vote 52.2 to 44.5 percent with 92 percent reporting.

Maya Now, how did Crosstab's polling averages hold up against these results?

Daniel Mixed but directionally solid. In Texas, our average showed Talarico up 3.7 points — the result came in at 9.9. Florida was closer: our Moody average of 5.2 points landed near a 2.9-point actual margin.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.