Senate Control Decided, Races Still Counting

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Maya The biggest story this hour: CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats have won control of the Senate.

Daniel The board shows Democrats at 54, Republicans at 44, with 2 seats not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50, so this one is settled even as votes keep coming in elsewhere.

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

Daniel Alaska Senate is ranked-choice, so these are first-choice votes only: Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent with 74 percent reporting.

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

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

Maya Mississippi Senate is razor thin: Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent with 98 percent reporting.

Daniel Checking the polling against results so far: Crosstab's final polling average had Abbott up 2.4 in the Texas Governor race, but Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1 with 99 percent reporting. In Texas Senate, Crosstab had Talarico up 3.7, and James Talarico leads by 12.1. Florida Senate was closer in reality than projected, with Ashley Moody's margin landing at 2.9 against a 5.2 average.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.