Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting

Name: Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting
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Description: Maya and Daniel on the latest polling.

November 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM ET · 1:55 · 0 views · ❤️ 0 ▶ Watch in Crosstab Live All shows

Maya and Daniel, Crosstab Live. Maya and Daniel on the latest polling. Nonpartisan polling analysis; every number is checked against Crosstab's data before it airs.

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Maya It's 1:31 PM Eastern, and the biggest story tonight is settled: CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats hold the Senate.

Daniel That's 54 seats for Democrats to 44 for Republicans, with 2 races not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50, and this one is now out of reach for the GOP.

Maya CNN, CBS News, ABC News and NBC News have also projected Democrats hold the House.

Maya Now let's get to races we're still tracking closely tonight, starting 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.

Maya Alaska's Senate race is also still counting, and remember, Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice votes only.

Daniel Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 percent to 47.9 percent on first-choice votes, with 74 percent reporting.

Maya The Alaska governor's race is also in first-choice territory right now.

Daniel Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Bernadette Wilson 49.1 percent to 29.2 percent on first-choice votes, with 73 percent reporting.

Maya And down in Mississippi, another tight Senate contest.

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

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.