Election Night: Senate Decided, Closest Races Still Counting

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Maya Good evening, the headline this hour: control of the Senate has been decided.

Daniel CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats have won control of the Senate, with Democrats now at 54 seats to Republicans' 44, and two races not yet projected.

Maya Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50 to flip control - tonight that threshold has been crossed with network projections in hand.

Daniel In the Kansas governor's race, with 100 percent reporting, Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent. That race has not been projected and remains too close to call.

Maya Up in Alaska, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent in first-choice votes, with 74 percent reporting. Remember, Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so these are first-choice numbers only.

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

Maya In Mississippi, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent with 98 percent reporting - another one still too close to call.

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

Maya Let's check how Crosstab's polling averages held up against tonight's results.

Daniel In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average had Abbott up 2.4 points; the result shows Gina Hinojosa leading by 7.1 with 99 percent reporting. And in Florida Senate, Crosstab's final polling average had Moody up 5.2; the final margin there is 2.9.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.