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This is already shaping up to be a very good night for Democrats, with much of the vote counted in the eastern United States and polls closing in key Midwestern battleground states.
Two Senate races that a year ago were thought to be battlegrounds have turned out to be slam dunks for the Democrats - Jon Ossoff's re-election race in Georgia and the open Republican-held seat in North Carolina.
That North Carolina contest, where former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper bested Republican Party insider Michael Whatley, was the first of the four pick-ups Democrats need in order to wrest control of the Senate.
