Senate Control Decided, Tight Races Still Counting

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Maya It's 6:51 Eastern, and the biggest story of the night is the fight for the Senate. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News, and CNN all project Democrats will control the chamber.

Daniel That's right, Maya. Democrats sit at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with 2 races not yet projected. Fifty-one was the number Democrats needed, and they've cleared it.

Maya Those same networks have also called the House for Democrats. But plenty of individual races are still counting, so let's go to the board. Daniel, start us in Kansas.

Daniel Kansas Governor is at 100 percent reporting, and Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson, 50.3 to 49.7. That's razor thin, and with no call made, it's too close to call.

Maya Now to Alaska, where remember, these are first-choice votes under ranked-choice voting. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan, 48.2 to 47.9, with 74 percent reporting.

Daniel And in the Alaska Governor's race, also first-choice votes, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Bernadette Wilson, 49.1 to 29.2, with 73 percent reporting.

Maya Down in Mississippi, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith, 49.1 to 48.9, with 98 percent reporting. That's as close as it gets tonight.

Daniel And out in Guam, the Governor's race is fully reported. Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje, 51.5 to 48.2.

Maya Daniel, how did Crosstab's polling averages hold up against what we're actually seeing tonight?

Daniel Mixed night for the polls. In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average had Abbott up 2.4 points, but Gina Hinojosa is winning that race by 7.1. Florida Senate was closer to the mark, with Crosstab showing Moody up 5.2 against a 2.9 point final margin.

Maya A lot of counting left to do across the country tonight.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.