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Now let's take a look at the u.s. house. as of right now, democrats, we are projecting, have won two seats. republicans have won five seats. it is very early. 428 seats remain. democrats and republicans battling for that magic number of 218 needed to control the house of representatives. that is where we are in the evening as of right now. now, look, we're not going to be looking at all 435 seats. we're going to be looking at a very few competitive seats, it's about 82. and right now republicans have to win 30 of those 82 in order to regain control of the house. and democrats need to win 53 of...

Delaware, the district of columbia, florida, illinois, maine, maryland, massachusetts, mississippi, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, oklahoma, pennsylvania, rhode island and tennessee. there's a lot on the line in the hour ahead as both parties aim for the 218 seats needed to win control of the u.s. house of representatives. a whopping 161 house seats are at stake in this next round of poll closings. 25 of those races, 25 are competitive. that includes contests in michigan and texas where voting is about to end in most of those states' congressional districts. onto the senate we're standin...

Of them. it's early yet. that doesn't necessarily mean democrats are going to win 15 of them. that is the state of play as of now. over to john king at the magic wall to talk more about some of these house seats. tell us what you are seeing, john. >> to your point, leading the vote. we are not done in the races. if you are watching at home and you are democrat or republican, you think democrats are winning, that's a better number for democrats maybe, but then they need to do better than in the competitive seats. let's remind people uncalled -- any uncalled races here, it's the ahead that matte...

31 seats are at stake in the three states where voting is about to end. only five of those races are competitive. every one of them could help tilt the house majority one way or another. in the battle for the u.s. senate, the ohio race has been contentious. ten-term democratic congressman tim ryan facing venture capitalist j.d. vance. in north carolina, democrat cheri beasley is aiming to become the state's first black senator, the former state's supreme court justice is up against ted bud. polls close in ohio, west virginia, and north carolina just moments from now. let's check in right now w...

And that was actually, i mean, frankly, you could argue that is the key to why this race might be kpet. >> translator: we will see how it turns out. i think hindsight is 20/20. tim ryan made the best of that situation from a messaging perspective. >> it's a larger conversation about the change of the democratic party and it's kind of evaporation from the middle of the country. jake and john. >> polls close in 16 states in 4 1/2 minutes. some of the results from the house of representatives races. john. >> beginning to fill in the map. 435 in all. it will take a while to fill in the map and day...