Election Night – Senate Secured, Tight Races Linger

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Maya The big story this hour: Democrats have secured control of the Senate. CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all project Democrats will hold the majority.

Daniel That puts Democrats at 54 seats, Republicans at 44, with two races still not yet projected. Democrats needed 51, Republicans needed 50 — the math is settled even with votes still coming in elsewhere.

Maya Let's get to the races still counting, starting with Kansas, where the governor's race is razor thin.

Daniel Cindy Holscher leads Ty Masterson 50.3 to 49.7 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Maya Up to Alaska now, where these are first-choice votes under ranked-choice voting. In the Senate race, Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan 48.2 to 47.9 percent, 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 percent, with 73 percent reporting.

Maya Out in the Pacific, Guam's governor's race is fully counted. Vicente Ada leads Therese Terlaje 51.5 to 48.2 percent, with 100 percent reporting.

Daniel And back on the mainland, Mississippi's Senate race could not be tighter. Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith 49.1 to 48.9 percent, with 98 percent reporting.

Maya Daniel, how did Crosstab's final polling averages hold up against tonight's results?

Daniel Mixed night for the averages. In Texas, Crosstab's final polling average showed Abbott up by 2.4 points, but Gina Hinojosa is leading by 7.1 with 99 percent reporting. Florida Senate ran the other way — Crosstab had Moody up 5.2, and the result is a tighter 2.9 point lead.

Maya A reminder of why we track this closely all night.

Maya Stay with us. Crosstab Live continues all night.