Senate Control Called

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Maya Good evening, it is 4:50 Eastern, and the big headline this hour is Senate control.

Daniel That is right, Maya. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will control the Senate, with Democrats at 54 seats against 44 for Republicans and two races not yet projected.

Maya Fifty one was the number Democrats needed, Republicans needed fifty, and those networks say that threshold has been cleared.

Daniel House control is also projected for Democrats, by CNN, CBS News, ABC News and NBC News.

Maya Now to races still counting. In Kansas, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting and no projection yet.

Daniel Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice numbers only. In the Senate race there, 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 with 73 percent reporting.

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

Maya And in Guam, Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje 51.5 to 48.2 percent with all precincts reporting, still no projection there.

Daniel Let's check the polls against the count. Crosstab's final polling average had the Texas Governor race at a 2.4 point edge in one direction, but according to the civicAPI results service, Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1 points with 99 percent reporting.

Maya Crosstab's final polling average showed the Texas Senate race at a 3.7 point margin, and according to the civicAPI results service, James Talarico leads by 12.1 points with 99 percent reporting.

Daniel In Florida, Crosstab's final polling average had the Senate race at a 5.2 point margin, and according to the civicAPI results service, Ashley Moody leads by 2.9 points with 100 percent reporting. In the Governor's race, that average showed 3.1 points, and the civicAPI results service has Byron Donalds leading by 1.3 points, also at 100 percent reporting.

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