Election Night Update
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Maya It's 5:21 Eastern, and the networks have now called control of the Senate: CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will hold the majority.
Daniel That puts Democrats at 54 seats to the Republicans' 44, with two races still not projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50, and that threshold has now been cleared.
Maya Let's get to the races still counting, 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 north, two Alaska races are still being sorted under ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice numbers only.
Daniel In the Alaska Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent in first-choice votes, 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 Down in Mississippi, another tight Senate contest.
Daniel Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.
Maya So how did Crosstab's final polling averages hold up against tonight's results?
Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average showed Abbott up 2.4 points, but Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1 with 99 percent in. In Florida, Crosstab had Moody up 5.2, and Ashley Moody's actual margin is 2.9.
Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.