Factbox-U.S. midterm elections: The race for control of the Senate

(Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Senate was unclear on Wednesday following midterm elections that will determine whether President Joe Biden’s Democrats keep control of the chamber.

The chamber is divided 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast tie-breaking votes for the Democrats, so Republicans need to pick up only one seat to take the majority.

The following table shows the projected winner of each of the 35 races held on Tuesday as forecast by media outlets and data provider Edison Research, as well as the change in the balance of power within the chamber based on each group’s projections.

As of 5:45 p.m. ET (2245 GMT).

* A Dec. 6 runoff is projected in Georgia.

Senate tally

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Alabama R R R R R R R

Alaska R R R R

Arizona

Arkansas R R R R R R R

California D D D D D D D

Colorado D D D D D D D

Connecticut D D D D D D D

Florida R R R R R R R

Georgia * * * * * * *

Hawaii D D D D D D D

Idaho R R R R R R R

Illinois D D D D D D D

Indiana R R R R R R R

Iowa R R R R R R R

Kansas R R R R R R R

Kentucky R R R R R R R

Louisiana R R R R R R R

Maryland D D D D D D D

Missouri R R R R R R R

Nevada

New Hampshire D D D D D D D

New York D D D D D D D

North Carolina R R R R R R R

North Dakota R R R R R R R

Ohio R R R R R R R

Oklahoma R R R R R R R

Oklahoma (S) R R R R R R R

Oregon D D D D D D D

Pennsylvania D D D D D D D

South Carolina R R R R R R R

South Dakota R R R R R R R

Utah R R R R R R R

Vermont D D D D D D D

Washington D D D D D D D

Wisconsin R R R R R R R

Edison Research provides exit polling and vote count data to the National Election Pool, a consortium consisting of ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News. The networks use the data to inform their projections.Reuters has an agreement with NEP/Edison to distribute exit polling and vote count data to clients. Reuters has not independently tabulated the results.The Associated Press has a separate polling and vote count operation and makes its own projections. Fox News relies on data from the AP and the University of Chicago’s NORC to inform its projections.

(Reporting by Washington newsroom)