Mississippi and Alaska Senate races still too close to call

Democrats have won 54 Senate seats and Republicans 44, with two races uncalled, Forbes reports. In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 votes out of more than 900,000 ballots in the latest count; mail ballots received within five business days and provisional ballots are still to be processed, and Mississippi has no automatic recount. In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by several hundred votes with about three-quarters of ballots counted; absentee ballots are accepted up to 15 days after Election Day, and ranked-choice tabulation applies if no one wins a majority.