7:53 PM PT (David Nir): Republicans take back the Senate, barring an incredibly unlikely confluence of events. GOP pickups: AR-Sen, CO-Sen, IA-Sen, MT-Sen, SD-Sen, WV-Sen. GOP holds: GA-Sen.
7:54 PM PT (David Nir): In IL-10, another freshman Dem bites the dust, as GOP ex-Rep. Bob Dold! beats Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider, who had unseated him two years ago. But at least Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty has hung on in CT-05.
7:55 PM PT (David Nir): A ballot measure to legalized medical (not recreational) marijuana has failed in Florida, but it needed 60% to pass, a high hurdle.
7:56 PM PT (David Nir): At least Dem Gov. Mark Dayton has won re-election in Minnesota. He had a super-squeaker four years ago.
7:58 PM PT (David Nir): ME-Gov: GOP Gov. Paul LePage leads 47-45 with 57% in. ME-02, a Dem seat: GOPer Bruce Poliquin up 46-43 with 36% in.
8:02 PM PT (David Nir): NC-Sen is looking pretty scary. Only 4% of precincts are left but Republican Thom Tillis has a 50,000-vote lead.
8:02 PM PT (David Nir): Multiple media outlets are calling KS-Sen for Republican Pat Roberts, who almost managed to lose to independent Greg Orman. Now there's no way Democrats can retain the Senate. Wait for 2016.
8:04 PM PT (David Nir): NY-11 called for indicted GOP Rep. Mike Grimm. Yep, it's that kind of night. The only vote that matters, though, is not the one on Election Day—it's the one the jury foreman announces.
8:04 PM PT (David Nir): Okay, well, at least Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and California Gov. Jerry Brown (both Democrats) have won.
8:08 PM PT (David Nir): A huge shift in the WV state House:
Metronews unofficial projection: GOP takes the House 62-38
— @HoppyKercheval
8:09 PM PT (David Nir): What can I even say?
In #KSGOV, Brownback (R) now 2 pts ahead with 75% counted
— @GOVERNING
8:10 PM PT (David Nir): If you're looking for some very, very thin good news:
The two #CO state Senate seats Republicans picked up in tiny-turnout pro-gun recalls last year will flip back to Democrats
— @cFidd
8:12 PM PT (Barbara Morrill): New thread here.
8:12 PM PT (David Nir): The AP has also called GA-Gov for GOP Gov. Nathan Deal, who defeats Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason Carter. That means there won't be any runoffs in Georgia this winter.