US election results exit polls: Democrats or Republicans - which party is winning Senate?

After two years and a multibillion-dollar barrage of political attack ads, the fight for Senate control is down to a handful of races, with Republicans holding a clear edge but Democrats maintaining a narrow path to retaining their majority if events break their way, as per .

As the final days of an intensely polarizing campaign season play out, the Senate focus is on seats held by Democrats in Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and on Republican seats in Texas and Nebraska, NYT News Service.

The outcome will help determine how much power the next president can wield, given the Senate's crucial role in approving Cabinet and judicial nominations and in setting -- or thwarting -- the legislative agenda, according to .


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Republicans have all but claimed West Virginia, where the popular governor, Jim Justice, is their candidate for a seat left open by the retirement of Senator Joe Manchin III, a onetime Democrat who changed his affiliation to independent this year. That means the GOP needs a net gain of just one more to flip the current 51-to-49 Democratic majority.

The top Republican target has been in Montana, a state that former President Donald Trump is expected to carry easily. Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat who has served three terms there, has trailed consistently in most polls against Tim Sheehy, a Republican and wealthy businessperson. But other embattled Democrats have maintained slim polling leads that have tightened in the latest surveys.

If the party fails to retake the chamber, it would mark the third consecutive election cycle that Senate Republicans have come up short. They are confident they will get over the hump this time.

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Democrats note that all of their endangered Senate candidates have been outperforming the party's presidential ticket in their states, making them optimistic that they can offset Trump's strength in red states such as Ohio and Montana and sweep the swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. They also have long-shot hopes of defeating Republican firebrand Ted Cruz in Texas and of benefiting from an upset defeat of Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, who is facing an unexpectedly steep challenge from an independent opponent.

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