'Just one mistake after another' - Republican strategistpublished at 04:42 GMT

04:42 GMT

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent

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A sobering reality is setting in for Republicans as they take stock of the mounting losses tonight. Party insiders entered the night expecting to lose the House, but many viewed the Senate as more of a toss-up.

But now, as the magnitude of the election defeat is setting in, many Republicans are pointing blame at President Donald Trump for the party losing control of both chambers of Congress.

"It’s on him. It’s not on anybody else. It's a total, complete rejection of President Trump," Bill Miller, a longtime Republican lobbyist in Texas, tells me.

Democrats have won Senate seats in several states where the party hasn't won Senate races in years, if not decades. Texas and South Carolina are at the top of that list. Democrats also pulled away in states like Iowa and Ohio that have shifted red in the Trump era.

In interviews, Republicans say Trump weighed down the party with his low job approval ratings, unpopular policies and frequent downplaying of voter concerns about rising costs.

"It was just one mistake after another," says Gregg Peppin, a Republican strategist in Minnesota. "Clearly, in state after state, people did not like the president's policies."

Jake Horton
BBC Verify

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Democrats are projected to win US Senate races in South Carolina, Kansas and Texas - all of which are currently held by Republicans and have been for many decades.

Kansas last elected a Democrat to the Senate almost 100 years ago - in 1932.

That was during the Great Depression and the same year Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt won a landslide victory to become president.

Democratic candidates are projected to win the Senate and governor races in Texas - both for the first time since the early 1990s.

The last Democrat to be elected Texas governor was Ann Richards in 1991. She served four years before being defeated by Republican George W Bush - who would go on become president six years later.

And the last time Democrats won a Senate seat in South Carolina was 1998 - the same year Titanic won the best picture at the Oscars.

Jack Gallop
Reporting from Des Moines, Iowa

Chants of "USA, USA, USA" broke out here at the Democratic watch party in Des Moines, as news broke that the former Paralympian Democrat Josh Turek is projected to be the next US Senator from Iowa and will officially flip the seat held by Republican Senator Joni Ernst.

Turek defeated Republican Ashley Hinson, a US Congresswoman that President Trump rallied for in Iowa just two days ago.

The Iowa Senate seat is projected to go to the Democrat Josh Turek, CBS says.

This win brings the Democrats to a 51-member majority so far in the US Senate.

Democrats are projected to take control of the US Senate, flipping it from a Republican majority, CBS projects.

They are now projected to control both chambers in Congress, as CBS projected earlier that Democrats would win overall control in the House of Representatives.

Overall control of the House will be in the hands of Democrats come January.

Here's what else you need to know about the current state of races, according to CBS News projections:

• Democrats are projected to win at least 229 seats and the Republicans at least 161 seats in the House
• Democrat Adam Hamilton is projected as the winner of Kansas' Senate seat
• Bill Hegarty, Republican in Tennessee, will keep his Senate seat - as will fellow Republican Tom Cotton in Arkansas
• Deb Haaland, a Democrat, is the newly elected governor of New Mexico
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, was re-elected governor in Arkansas
• Democrats won two new house seats in Pennsylvania with Paige Cognetti winning the 8th district and Janelle Stelson winning the 10th district
• Vincente Gonzales, a Democrat in Texas's 34th district, held his seat
• Greg Landsman, a Democrat in Ohio's 1st district, held his seat

The Kansas Senate seat is now likely Democrat, CBS News rates.

As Democratic candidates have now won in some races considered Republican strongholds, President Trump has given some fresh reaction to the New York Times.

In an interview with the Times, the president says that he is “absolutely willing to accept those results” and was prepared to work with the opposing party.

“We’ll, you know, look forward to working with them,” he says.

“We’ll probably work something out.”

The Ohio Senate seat is projected to go to the Democrat Sherrod Brown, CBS News says.

Texan Democrats have wanted to turn the state blue for decades - but never got over the humppublished at 04:09 GMT

04:09 GMT

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent in Washington DC

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Texas Democrats have been hoping to turn the state blue for decades and decades.

Every time, they may come close but they never get over the hump.

It's difficult to overstate how atrophied the Democratic Party had become because of all these losses, they were really hopeless for a number of years.

But when I was in Texas just last week talking to Democrats, they felt that this time was different, that Talarico had the potential.

They thought this because of the political wins on Talarico's back, because Republican nominee Ken Paxton was - in their view - a flawed, scandal-ridden candidate, but also that something fundamental had changed among Texas voters, that this would be when they would break through.

Lo and behold, it turned out that way.

I don't think there were very many Texas Democrats who were willing to fully admit it up until just now, but this has been taking shape for a while.

The Texas governor’s seat is projected to go to Democrat Gina Hinojosa, CBS News says.

Polls are now closed in Oregon, California and North Dakota.

Alaska and Hawaii are the only ones that still have polls open.

Results are continuing to come in, but you can head over to our live results page to track them all in real time.

The Texas governor's race has just been moved to likely Democratic, CBS News rates.

The contest between Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat Gina Hinojosa was previously rated as leaning Democratic.

Trump distances himself from his own partypublished at 03:57 GMT

03:57 GMT

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent

President Donald Trump's first public comment of the night won't go down well with Republicans around the country.

In his Truth Social post Trump noted that he wasn’t on the ballot tonight, and "if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"

With those brief words Trump appeared to distance himself from his own party and pass the blame for the mounting election losses to Republican candidates. Many Republicans were already frustrated with Trump for his approach to the midterms.

This won't help heal the divides within the party as Republicans start grappling with the consequences of losing the House and likely losing the Senate as well.

The Texas Senate seat is projected to go to Democrat James Talarico, CBS News says.

As a reminder, this is one of the key Senate races that may prove crucial in determining which party controls the Senate.