Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto won over her Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the state of Nevada. Thus, see retains control of the Senate, AFP and Reuters write. Both CNN and RealClearPolitics have Cortez-Masto winning with 48.7 percent to 48.2 percent for Republican opponent Adam Laxalt after 96 percent of the vote has been counted. Cortez-Masto leads with almost 5,000 votes, writes NTB The Democrats have now secured 50 senate seats, the Republicans have 49. There is one seat that has not yet been decided, the senate seat in the state of Georgia. The Republicans needed 51 seats to get a majority. The Democrats only need 50. With 50 seats, they can secure a majority by using the extra vote of the vice president. In Georgia, none of the candidates has received more than 50 percent of the vote, so there will be a run-off on 6 December.
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