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Undecided races of the 2024 election: Live results and analysis

We're tracking unresolved races in the Senate, House and more.

Last Updated: November 6, 2024, 12:47 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump has won back the White House, and Republicans have won control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. But we still don't know how big the GOP's Senate and House majorities will be, since there are still several races that don't have a projected winner. The outcomes of these elections could have major implications for how easy it will be for Trump to enact his second-term agenda.

However, it could be a while before we know who won these races. California — home to multiple undecided House races — is still working through counting all its ballots. Other races will require ranked-choice voting to resolve. And still others, like Pennsylvania's Senate race, could go to a recount.

We at 538 will be tracking it all on this live blog dedicated to all the outstanding races of the 2024 election. Join us for live updates, analysis and commentary until the last major race is decided.

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Nov 06, 2024, 4:27 PM EST

Democrats projected to keep Michigan's U.S. Senate seat

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ABC News is projecting that Democrat Elissa Stotkin will win Michigan's U.S. Senate race, which was left vacant by the retirement of Sen. Debbie Stabenow. With 97% of the expected vote reporting, she has 49% to Republican Mike Rogers's 48%. Republicans had hoped to pick this Senate seat up and made it a very close race.

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Nov 06, 2024, 3:57 PM EST

Democrats currently ahead in New Jersey's 9th District

The contest to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell in New Jersey's 9th Congressional District remains a close contest, though Democrats currently have a slight advantage. With 79% of the expected vote in, Democratic state Senator Nellie Pou currently leads Republican Billy Prempeh by five percentage points, 51% to 46%. While ABC News has not yet projected a winner in this race, the Associated Press previously called the race for Pou.

No matter how big the eventual margin may be for Democrats, Prempeh so far has refused to concede. Right now, he's currently trailing Pou by roughly 11,000 votes — a closer-than-expected result in a longtime Democratic district with a partisan lean of D+17.

In a recent interview with CBS News, Prempeh suggested that he could eke out a win. But he's falsely claimed that there are 67,000 votes left uncounted despite reports from Bergen and Passaic Counties that indicate that only around 2,000 mail ballots have not been processed. Pou, meanwhile, has already declared victory, noting that a win would make her the first Latina ever elected to Congress from New Jersey.

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Nov 06, 2024, 3:40 PM EST

How many votes are actually left in Pennsylvania?

Working off our expected vote estimates can be a tricky business sometimes. We said earlier that there could be more than 100,000 votes left in Philadelphia. However, looking at data from the Philadelphia City Commissioners, the number of outstanding votes appears likely to be much smaller because only 16 remaining election divisions still have to report out 1,703. Obviously, if there aren't that many votes left in Philadelphia, then Republican Dave McCormick is well-positioned to maintain his lead and win Pennsylvania's Senate race over Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr.

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Nov 06, 2024, 3:15 PM EST

Can Harris or Rosen still win Nevada?

Votes are still being counted in the presidential and Senate races in Nevada, and the odds of still being able to pull out a win are shaping up very differently for Harris and Sen. Jacky Rosen.

Harris is currently behind Trump in the statewide tally by 47% to 52%, with 93% of the expected vote reporting. That means that to win the state, Harris would need to win about 83% of the estimated 7% of votes left to be counted.

PHOTO: How many outstanding votes Harris would need to win to take Nevada.
How can Harris win Nevada?
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That's a tall order. That's especially true when you look at where the votes are coming from. Clark County, which comprises the Las Vegas metropolitan area, is the state's Democratic stronghold and where a majority of the state's voters live. Harris needed to win 69% of the vote there to match Biden's 2020 margin, and needed to win the county by 6.9% to win the state, according to our benchmarks. But with 95% of the expected vote reporting, her lead there is only 1 point, 50% to Trump's 49%. Most of the state's remaining votes are coming from nearby Nye County, which is only reporting 36% of the expected vote so far. Trump leads there 83% to 16%, and was always likely to win there. It makes up a smaller percentage of the state's overall population, but Trump is outperforming his benchmark margins there.

In the race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and the Republican challenger, Sam Brown, about 12% of the expected vote is left to be reported. Rosen would need to win a little more than half, about 52%, of that vote to pull ahead of Brown's current half-point lead. In Clark County, Rosen's stronghold, 94% of the expected vote is reporting, but she is performing better than Harris.

PHOTO: How many outstanding votes Sen. Jacky Rosen would need to win Nevada's Senate race.
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But the Senate race is still close, and has yet to be projected.

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