Election Night Update

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Maya The headline this hour is control of the Senate. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News, and CNN all project Democrats take the majority.

Daniel The board now shows Democrats at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with 2 races still not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50.

Maya Among the races we're watching tonight is Mississippi's Senate contest.

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

Maya In Kansas, the Governor's race is fully counted.

Daniel Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting. No projection has been made.

Maya Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice votes. The Senate race there is still counting.

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

Maya Also in Alaska, the Governor's race, again in first-choice votes.

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

Maya Let's check how Crosstab's polling averages held up against tonight's results.

Daniel In Florida's Governor race, Crosstab's final polling average had Donalds ahead by 3.1 points. The result has Byron Donalds leading by 1.3 with 100 percent reporting. In Texas Senate, Crosstab's average showed Talarico up 3.7; the result has James Talarico ahead by 12.1 with 99 percent reporting.

Maya Crosstab puts data ahead of politics, the odds, never a guarantee. Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.