US midterms latest results: Mississippi Senate race 'neck and neck'

Let's do some number crunching for you now on the program. Dipti Kilaron has all the latest figures for you, Dipti. Well, Stuart, let's show you this number here. This is the Senate, and this plus seven are the number of seats that the Democrats have flipped in the Senate, and widely that means they have flipped North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Iowa. Ohio and Maine up here, this is the most recent state in the Senate to be flipped. Now, Maine is an interesting, was an interesting race, pitting Susan Collins, who was the Republican seeking a sixth term in office, campaigning on her record of bringing federal dollars to the state of Maine. She was Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, facing her, the The victor, Troy Jackson, the Democrat, who is a former logger, aligned with organized labor He also identifies with the wing of the Democratic Party that is led by Bernie Sanders. So it really was a race between status quo and breathing new life into the Senate in that state. Interesting to note also that an astronomical amount of money was spent on this campaign, some in the ballpark of 200 million dollars by both Republicans and Democrats. Now, I want to also talk about this state here, the one that's in gray. So the ones that are in gray are the ones that have not been called yet. And this one here is Mississippi. It's super interesting because it's a race that was not meant to be competitive at all. The Democrats basically assumed that it would be won by the Republicans as is has tradition states. Now, as you can see here with 96% of votes counted, it is neck and neck. And this is one that we'll be looking out for. Scott Collum was helped in part by a Democratic PAC, the political action committee that was led by George Soros, the billionaire and his son. So they really poured a lot of money into this race, but it was seen as a down payment for future wins. It's turning out to be much tighter than anyone ever expected. And worth noting that it's been 40 years since a Democrat was elected to the Senate in Mississippi. Now, Scott Collum, who is African-American, also in a state where 40 percent of Mississippi's population are also African-American. Now, this is the House as it stands, Stuart, here. This is the map of the House as it stands right now. Democrats have flipped 25 seats in the House. And there are some interesting races in the House as well. You have notably Pennsylvania. The race in Pennsylvania that pitted Ryan McKenzie against Bob Brooks. Bob Brooks, a former firefighting firefighter union leader for the Democrats. He was able to appeal to working classes who have in recent years shifted to Donald Trump. And you also have the governor's races. Just to give you a look at that, the ones that we'll be looking out for are, of course, this one here, the Alaska race. That is also turning out to be quite tough. tight. Let's see if I can bring it up for you. Here you go. Votes are still being counted there. That's why it's still in gray. But nonetheless, some 65 percent of votes have been counted. Jonathan Kreese Tompkins in the lead for the moment. Of course, it's still early day, early times yet. Interesting to note that he has really hit the ground running in terms of his campaign. Reports say that he traveled by boat, by plane, by snow machine. In order to reach those remote voters who would otherwise be neglected in a state that is extremely large, but also a state that is very remote and very oil-rich.