Election Night Update

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Maya The biggest news this hour: control of the Senate. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will hold the majority.

Daniel The count stands at 54 Democrats, 44 Republicans, with 2 seats not yet projected. Republicans needed 50 for control, Democrats needed 51.

Maya CNN, CBS News, ABC News and NBC News have also projected Democrats will control the House.

Daniel In Kansas, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Maya Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice votes only. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent with 74 percent in.

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

Maya In Guam, Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje 51.5 to 48.2 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Daniel And in Mississippi, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.

Maya Let's check the polling against the count. Daniel, how did Crosstab's final polling average hold up?

Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average had Abbott up 2.4 in the Governor race; with 99 percent reporting, Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1. In the Senate race, our average showed Talarico up 3.7; the count, also at 99 percent, has James Talarico ahead by 12.1.

Maya In Florida, Crosstab's final polling average had Moody up 5.2 in the Senate race; the full count shows Ashley Moody ahead by 2.9. In the Governor race, our average showed Donalds up 3.1; the full count has Byron Donalds leading by 1.3.

Daniel Crosstab's averages are built to put the data ahead of the politics. They're the odds, never a guarantee.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.