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Midterm results: Which races still haven't been called, and which states flipped blue? – NBC 5 Chicago

Midterm results: Which races still haven’t been called, and which states flipped blue?  NBC 5 Chicago When will the Mississippi Senate race be called, and which seats were flipped on Election Night? See a full breakdown here. Illinois is…
One Place News   •   November 5, 2026   •   Updated November 5, 2026
Midterm results: Which races still haven't been called, and which states flipped blue? – NBC 5 Chicago

Midterm results: Which races still haven’t been called, and which states flipped blue?  NBC 5 Chicago

When will the Mississippi Senate race be called, and which seats were flipped on Election Night? See a full breakdown here. Illinois is one of 13 states without a gubernatorial term-limit, alongside Midwest neighbors Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Democrats won control of the Senate during Tuesday's midterm election, taking a 54-seat majority over Republicans who are holding 44, according to NBC News But there are still two races left to call: Alaska and Mississippi. With more than 95% of the votes counted in Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom was leading incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 43 votes, NBC News projections showed. As of Wednesday morning, the race remained too close to call.

Who won Illinois? Live election results and winners from the 2026 midterm election The last time Mississippi voters elected a Democrat to the US Senate was 1982, the Magnolia Tribune in Mississippi reported. In Alaska, Incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan was leading Democrat Mary Peltola by just 1,677 votes, according to NBC News. The race remains too early to call, with approximately 80,000 votes still to be counted. The race also sparked a lawsuit, with the Trump administration saying they would block certification of Senate results if Republican incumbent Sullivan loses the race, citing the presence of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ballot. Midterm

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