I’ll be tracking the key races here:
KY-Sen: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will defeat Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) in Kentucky, according to NBC News projections.
VA-Sen: In a race that almost no one thought was close, there has been no projection of a winner yet.
NH-Sen: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will defeat Scott Brown (R) in New Hampshire, according to ABC News. In violation of the rules, Fox News broadcast exit polls from the New Hampshire almost two hours before polls closed in that state, Politico reports.
AR-Sen: Tom Cotton (R) will beat Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) in Arkansas
SD-Sen: Mike Rounds (R) will win the three-way race against Larry Pressler (I) and Rick Weiland (D).
LA-Sen: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Bill Cassidy (R) will head to a December run off.
CO-Sen: Cory Gardner (R) will defeat Sen. Mark Udall (D), according to Fox News and AP.
FL-Gov: Gov. Rick Scott (R) will defeat Charlie Crist (D) for governor.
IA-Sen: Joni Ernst (R) will beat Bruce Braley (R), according to WHO.
WI-Gov: Scott Walker (R) will defeat Mary Burke (D) in the race for governor, according to ABC News and Fox News.
MI-Gov: Rick Snyder (R) will defeat challenger Mark Schauer (D) for governor, says NBC News.
GA-Sen: David Perdue (R) will defeat Michelle Nunn (D) in the Senate race, according to CNN and NBC News.
KS-Sen: Sen. Pat Roberts (R) has fended off a challenge from Greg Orman (I), CBS News reports.
IL-Gov: Bruce Rauner (D) has defeated Gov. Pat Quinn, NBC News reports.
NC-Sen: Thom Tillis (R) will defeat Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC).
Bottom line: This was a wave election. Nearly every close race was won solidly by Republicans. Republicans are likely to end up with 53 or 54 seats in the Senate and may have more if a couple others — Angus King, Joe Manchin — cross party lines.
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