Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting

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Maya Good evening, I'm Maya, and the headline tonight is Senate control. Daniel, walk us through it.

Daniel CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project that Democrats will control the Senate in the new Congress.

Maya The current count stands at 54 Democrats, 44 Republicans, with 2 seats not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50.

Daniel Let's go to the races still counting. In Alaska's Senate race, remember this is ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice votes. Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent, with 74 percent reporting.

Maya Also in Alaska, and again these are first-choice votes, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Bernadette Wilson 49.1 to 29.2 percent for governor, with 73 percent reporting.

Daniel In Kansas, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent for governor, with 100 percent reporting. No projection yet, that race is too close to call.

Maya Mississippi's Senate race is just as tight. Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.

Daniel And in Guam, Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje 51.5 to 48.2 percent for governor, with 100 percent reporting.

Maya Let's check how Crosstab's final polling averages compared with results so far, Daniel.

Daniel Mixed night for the averages. In Texas, Crosstab had Abbott up 2.4 points, but the result shows Gina Hinojosa ahead by 7.1 at 99 percent reporting. In Florida, Crosstab had Moody up 5.2, and the result has Ashley Moody ahead by 2.9 at 100 percent reporting.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.