Senate Control Projected, Tight Races Still Counting

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Maya We have a major development. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will control the Senate in the new Congress.

Daniel That's right, Maya. Democrats are projected at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with two seats still not yet projected. Fifty-one was the number Democrats needed, and they've cleared it.

Maya Even with that settled, there are still nail-biters on the board tonight, starting with Mississippi's Senate race.

Daniel Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.0 percent to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting. Too close to call.

Maya Out west, Alaska's Senate race is also tight, and remember, these are ranked-choice first-choice numbers, not final tallies.

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

Maya Alaska's Governor race is also first-choice ranked-choice numbers right now.

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

Maya And in Kansas, the Governor's race remains razor thin.

Daniel Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting. That's within range where Crosstab will not call it without a network projection.

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

Maya A viewer asks: why hasn't Guam's Governor race been called at 100 percent reporting? Daniel?

Daniel Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje 51.5 percent to 48.2 percent with all precincts reporting, but Crosstab only names a winner once a news organization projects the race, and that hasn't happened yet.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.