Democrats win back both the Senate and the House of Representatives in decisive victories that extended into states long thought to not be in play, NBC news estimates Democrats will win at least 258 House seats well beyond the 218 seats needed to secure a majority in Congress, Democrats pick up 7 Senate seats, leaving them with a total as of early this morning of 54 compared to 44 senate seats held by Republicans, only 2 remaining Senate seats still in play are Alaska and Mississippi, in Alaska former Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola currently trails Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan by less than 2,000 votes with 72.4 percent of estimated vote totals counted according to NBC News, the other Dan Sullivan--Dan J. Sullivan--who has been the target of ire from Republican lawmakers who have accused the Peltola campaign of recruiting him to run to confuse Republican voters currently holds just under 3,500 votes, in Mississippi Democrat Scott Collum currently holds 1 percent lead in voting tallies over Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith according to the AP, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes the first Black woman to be elected governor in the US, Texas shocks analysts by turning blue, Gina Hinojosa becomes first Latina governor in Texas history, Abdul El-Sayed become Michigan's next US Senator.

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