Two U.S. Senate races remain uncalled nearly a week after Election Day produced seismic change in Congress.
Officials in Mississippi and Alaska are still tallying votes in bitterly close elections that
will answer just how much of a command Democrats will have in the upper chamber.
Midterms brought a forceful shift to the balance of power in Congress, with voters rebuking President Donald Trump and the GOP
to hand control of the House and Senate back to Democrats.In the Senate, Democrats have secured 54 seats to Republicans' 44. The final two races in Mississippi and Alaska, which may not be called for a while, will determine if the margin widens even more in the final two years of Trump's presidency.
Democratic candidates in both Mississippi and Alaska hold razor-thin advantages over their respective incumbent Republican opponents, according to the Associated Press' latest tallies in both races.
Here's a look at the live results in both races.
Mississippi US Senate election live results
Mississippi's incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is looking to fend off Democratic challenger Scott Colom, a district attorney. According to the Associated Press' latest tally as of Nov. 6, Colom leads Hyde-Smith 49.1% to 48.8% with 97% of votes counted.
Alaska US Senate election live results
In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola has a razor-thin lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, the incumbent. The Associated Press' latest tally as of Nov. 5 shows Peltola with 48.2% of the votes to Sullivan's 47.9% with about 76.8% of ballots counted.
The state also has a ranked-choice voting system, which means a candidate must get more than 50% of the vote to win. If they don't, there are more rounds of counting. In this race, the ranked-choice tally wouldn't start until Nov. 18 under state law.
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