Election Night Update

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Maya Good afternoon, it's 2:21 Eastern, and the biggest story this hour is control of the Senate.

Daniel Senate control has been projected for Democrats by CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN. Right now Democrats sit at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with 2 races not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50.

Maya 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.

Maya Up to Alaska now, where the Senate race is still unresolved.

Daniel Remember, Alaska 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 And the Alaska governor's race.

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

Maya One more to watch, Mississippi's Senate race.

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 averages hold up against the results coming in?

Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average showed Talarico up 3.7 points; the result there is Talarico by 9.9, with 99 percent reporting. In Florida, Crosstab's final polling average had Moody up 5.2; the result is Moody by 2.9, with 100 percent reporting.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.