Republicans Hold Florida Senate Seat, Democrats Take New Hampshire

Republicans held on to their Senate seat in Florida, but Democrats took the race in New Hampshire, according to projections from Breaking The News. The two results landed minutes apart, pulling the midterm map in opposite directions. Neither party gets a clean sweep out of that pair.

The Florida hold keeps a Republican seat out of Democratic hands, while New Hampshire hands Democrats a win they needed to protect their ground. Details on margins and vote counts are still coming in as tallying continues. Breaking The News says more results are on the way.

The bigger shake-up came next door in North Carolina, where Democrat Roy Cooper beat Republican Michael Whatley to flip a GOP-held Senate seat, per projections from the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ. Whatley is a former Republican National Committee chairman and had President Donald Trump's endorsement. It's the first Democratic Senate win in North Carolina since 2008, when Kay Hagan knocked off incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole.

Democrats were also projected to win midterm races in Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, according to CNN. Early returns showed incumbent Senator Cory Booker sitting at 70.2% in New Jersey, Senator Jack Reed at 61.5% in Rhode Island and Senator Ed Markey at 83% in Massachusetts. Those calls handed the party a cluster of expected wins as ballots kept getting counted.

Over at the White House, Trump is described as anxious about the results and the political terrain ahead for the rest of his presidency, CBS News reported, citing senior administration officials. He spent the day watching election coverage and stayed cautiously optimistic, the network said. Officials reportedly conceded Republicans would likely lose the House unless something unexpected shifted, with several Senate races still too close to call.