Senate Control Decided, Key Races Still Counting

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Maya Good evening, it is 7:41 Eastern, and the biggest news this hour is Senate control: CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will hold the majority.

Daniel That gives Democrats 54 seats to the Republicans' 44, with two races not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50, so this one is settled even with votes still coming in elsewhere.

Maya With that question answered, let's go around the country to the individual races still being counted tonight.

Daniel Kansas Governor: 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 numbers only. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent with 74 percent reporting.

Daniel Also first-choice votes in the Alaska Governor's race: 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 Mississippi's Senate race is razor thin: Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent with 98 percent reporting.

Maya Daniel, let's check Crosstab's final polling averages against what we are actually seeing tonight.

Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average showed Abbott leading by 2.4 points. With 99 percent reporting, Gina Hinojosa leads by 7.1, and in the Senate race James Talarico leads by 12.1, both wider margins than our average showed.

Maya California tracked closer to form: Crosstab's final polling average had Becerra up 23.8 points, and with 100 percent reporting Xavier Becerra leads by 28.9. Florida ran the other way, Crosstab's average had Moody up 5.2, but at 100 percent reporting Ashley Moody leads by just 2.9.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.