Election Night
Transcript
Maya Good evening, it's 7:01 Eastern. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Senate control for Democrats, who now sit at 54 seats to Republicans' 44, with 2 seats not yet projected.
Daniel Democrats needed 51 for the majority, Republicans needed 50 - the networks made that call once Democrats crossed the threshold, and we're still waiting on projections in the final two races.
Maya Let's look at the races still counting. In Mississippi's Senate race, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 percent to 48.9 percent.
Daniel That's with 98 percent reporting - a margin of two tenths of a point, and no projection yet in that race.
Maya In Kansas, the governor's race: Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting.
Daniel No network has projected that race yet, despite full reporting - it's that tight.
Maya To Alaska's Senate race, which uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice numbers: Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 percent to 47.9 percent.
Daniel That's with 74 percent reporting, first-choice votes only - no projection in that race yet.
Maya And Alaska's governor's race, also first-choice numbers: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Bernadette Wilson 49.1 percent to 29.2 percent, with 73 percent reporting.
Daniel That's with 73 percent reporting, first-choice votes only - no projection in that race yet.
Maya Let's check Crosstab's polling averages against tonight's results.
Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final average showed Abbott up 2.4 - the count has Gina Hinojosa leading by 7.1 with 99 percent reporting. In Florida's Senate race, Crosstab had Moody up 5.2 - the result shows Ashley Moody leading by 2.9, with 100 percent reporting.
Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.