Election Night Update

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Maya Good evening, I'm Maya Chen, and we have the headline of the night: control of the United States Senate. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats hold the Senate majority.

Daniel The current count stands at 54 Democratic seats to 44 Republican, with two races not yet projected. Democrats needed 51 for the majority, Republicans needed 50.

Maya Now let's turn to the races to watch tonight. We start in Kansas, where the governor's race is on our board.

Daniel Democrat Cindy Holscher leads Republican Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Maya North to Alaska, a ranked-choice state, where we only have first-choice votes so far. The Senate race there is on our watch list.

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

Maya Alaska's governor's race is also on the board tonight.

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

Maya And down in Mississippi, a Senate race that's drawn national attention.

Daniel Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.

Maya Daniel, how did Crosstab's polling averages hold up against results coming in tonight?

Daniel Mixed results. In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average had Abbott up 2.4, but Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1 with 99 percent reporting. In Florida, Crosstab had Moody up 5.2, and Ashley Moody leads by 2.9 with 100 percent reporting, so that one's tracking closer to our model.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.