These are the races in the House and Senate that haven't been called yet

Democrats are on track to hold a solid House majority in the next Congress, though the exact size depends on contests that remain uncalled. In the Senate, two seats are unresolved: Alaska and Mississippi. NPR reports that vote counting often takes time in many parts of the country, which is normal and expected.

Several uncalled House races are in California, where two candidates from the same party are competing against each other. In those districts, the party that will hold the seat is already settled, even though the winner is not. Other House contests are too close for The Associated Press to call, or too many ballots remain uncounted to identify a leader.

In Alaska, four candidates are running for the Senate seat, and none has crossed the 50% threshold. Because the state uses ranked choice voting, the contest could move to an additional tabulation round later this month. In Mississippi, the ordinary voting method is not the obstacle. Instead, a heavy volume of provisional ballots, which the state calls affidavit ballots, is slowing the tally. Fewer than 2,000 votes divide the two leading candidates there.

Summarized by PolitiKool from NPR’s reporting. Read the full story at NPR →