Katie Hobbs

The ultimate outcome of the US midterms remains unclear nearly Two Days after polls closed, with control of Congress Still hanging in The Balance .

Control of The Senate now hinges on the outcome of three states: Arizona, Nevada and Georgia , where a run-off election will be held on 6 December.

Meanwhile, The Republicans are inching closer to a 218-seat majority in The House of Representatives.

President Joe Biden has hailed the results as a " Good Day for America".

Electoral officials have repeatedly described the delays announcing The Final results as a normal, expected part of US elections due to thin margins between candidates, possible recounts and potentially contested elections. Additionally, rules differ by state for how mail-in ballots are counted, and when.

As of Thursday morning:

The House of Representatives is leaning towards The Republicans , according to projections from Cbs News , The Bbc 's partner in the US.

The Republicans have So Far secured 210 seats, compared to 200 for the Democrats. A total of 218 seats are needed to gain a majority in the legislative body, which has 435 members.

Control of The Senate remains a toss-up, with the Democrats having secured 48 seats to The Republicans ' 49. Four races - Alaska , Arizona, Nevada and Georgia - have yet to be called.

CBS has projected that Arizona is leaning Democrat, while Nevada could go to either party.

Alaska - where three candidates were on the ballot in a ranked-choice voting System - has not been called, although CBS has projected it will remain Republican, with two Republicans - incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski and challenger Kelly Tshibaka - in The Lead .

In Georgia , the closely-watched Senate race between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker will head to a run-off in December.

With a third-party candidate on the ballot in This Week 's election, neither candidate secured the 50% of the votes needed for a winner to be declared.

In Arizona, hundreds of thousands of ballots remained uncounted as of Wednesday night, including an estimated 400,000 in Maricopa County and approximately 159,000 in Pima County , where officials have said that a final count is unlikely until early next week.

In addition to a hotly contested Senate race between Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters , The State is host to a high-profile match-up for governor between Democrat Katie Hobbs and Donald Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake .

Votes are Still also being tabulated in Nevada, where thousands of ballots - nearly 60,000 - Still needed to be processed.

Even with results Still being calculated on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden said the election was a " Good Day " for US democracy. An expected 'red wave' of resounding Republican victories failed to materialise despite high inflation and relatively low approval ratings for the Biden administration.

Source of news: bbc.com