A day after Election Day, here's where things stand - NPR

A elector casts their ballot astatine a unafraid ballot driblet container astatine the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center successful Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2022. Matt York/AP hide caption

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A elector casts their ballot astatine a unafraid ballot driblet container astatine the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center successful Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2022.

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As predicted, Election Day has kicked disconnected the adjacent signifier of this Election Season — with aggregate adjacent races successful the House yet to beryllium decided and power of the Senate perchance not known for astir a period with a Dec. 6 runoff successful Georgia.

Follow predetermination results for House, Senate, governors and different races here.

Here's wherever things stand, by the numbers (as of Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET):

The Senate: Republicans 48, Democrats 46, Independents 2, Uncalled 4

For power of the Senate, Democrats are +1 with their flip of the Pennsylvania Senate race. That means Republicans request to prime up 2 of the 3 undecided competitory races to instrumentality power of the Senate.

What's left:

• Georgia: Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker (R) are headed to a Dec. 6 runoff due to the fact that neither surpassed 50% connected the ballot. Warnock appears to person narrowly missed getting there, reaching 49.4% with 86% of the ballot in.

• Arizona: Incumbent Mark Kelly (D) leads Republican challenger Blake Masters (R) 51% to 47% but with conscionable 67% of the ballot in. Arizona had voting issues successful its largest county, Maricopa, aboriginal successful the time Tuesday, and apt won't decorativeness counting votes until Friday. The contention is improbable to beryllium decided until astatine slightest then. There's besides an automatic recount that would get triggered if the borderline is wrong 0.5 percent points. It's not there, but the borderline could precise good get considerably tighter.

• Nevada: Adam Laxalt (R) leads incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) by astir 3 percent points, oregon astir 23,000 votes, with 77% of the voting in. A batch could change, arsenic determination is simply a important magnitude of ballot near to count, including astir 27,000 ballots inactive successful heavy Democratic Clark County (Las Vegas), positive an unspecified fig of dropbox votes there, arsenic good arsenic message and dropped disconnected ballots successful Washoe County (Reno).

• Alaska: This is not a spot that would beryllium a flip, due to the fact that some candidates are Republicans, but incumbent Lisa Murkowski trails Kelly Tshibaka by conscionable implicit 3,000 votes with much than 185,000 votes cast. Only 75% of the ballot is in, truthful a batch volition change. 

The House: Republicans 207, Democrats 183, Uncalled 45

For power of the House, either enactment needs to scope 218 seats. Republicans request to triumph 11 much for control, oregon 24% of the remaining uncalled seats. When each is said and done, Republicans volition request a nett summation of 5 seats to instrumentality control. They are inactive connected a way to bash that, but with a apt smaller bulk than they were anticipating.

The math:

Republicans person flipped 13 and are starring successful 4 others for a full of 17.

Democrats person flipped 5 and are starring successful 5 others for a full of 10.

• That's a nett summation of R+8 currently. 

• The scope astatine this constituent appears to beryllium astir R+7 to 14, which would springiness them conscionable a 2- to 12-seat majority.

NOTE: Please support successful caput that these numbers are fluid and volition alteration arsenic ballot continues to rotation in.

Democrats person an outside shot astatine holding the House astatine this point, but would person to spot a displacement successful immoderate races wherever Republicans are leading, but haven't yet been called.