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Democrat Scott Colom leads Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by roughly 1,800 votes in Mississippi with thousands of mail and provisional ballots outstanding, setting up a tense multi-day count.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated former representative Mike Rogers in Michigan, becoming the first Muslim American elected to the Senate, CBS News projected.
CBS News projected that Democratic state Representative James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving Democrats their first Texas Senate seat since 1988.
Mary Peltola and her family sustained minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash en route to the Alaska Federation of Natives banquet, delaying her eight-stop final-week tour; she is to resume campaigning Tuesday in Homer.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clashed onstage Wednesday in their second and final debate in the Michigan Senate race.
Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton met in their final debate in the Kansas Senate race, which The Hill said showed signs of being tighter than Republicans anticipated.
Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton 48 percent to 46 percent in new Emerson College Polling numbers for the Texas Senate race, The Hill reported.
