Senate Control Called, Closest Races Still Counting

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Maya It's 1:22 Eastern, and the headline this hour is control of the Senate - networks have now called it for Democrats.

Daniel CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats take the Senate. The count stands at 54 Democrats, 44 Republicans, with 2 seats not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50.

Maya And CNN, CBS News, ABC News and NBC News also project Democrats hold the House.

Daniel Down in Kansas, the Governor's race is at 100 percent reporting and it is razor thin - Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent.

Maya In Mississippi, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49 to 48.9 percent for Senate, with 98 percent reporting.

Daniel Alaska's Senate race uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice votes only - Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent, with 74 percent reporting.

Maya Same caveat for Alaska's Governor race, also first-choice votes - Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins leads Bernadette Wilson 49.1 to 29.2 percent, with 73 percent reporting.

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

Maya Let's check the polls against reality, Daniel.

Daniel Crosstab's final polling average had Talarico up 3.7 in the Texas Senate race - the result came in at Talarico by 9.9. For Texas Governor, our average had Abbott up 2.4, but the result put Hinojosa ahead by 7.1.

Maya In Florida, Crosstab's average had Moody up 5.2 for Senate - the result was Moody by 2.9. For Governor, our average had Donalds up 3.1; the result was Donalds by 1.3.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.