Republican Byron Donalds is projected to become Florida's first Black governor.
Projections for winners are coming in for some of the key races in the high-stakes midterm elections.
There are several key House and Senate races that could determine the balance of power in Congress as well as significant races for governor around the country. The elections could ultimately determine how effective President Donald Trump's agenda is in the back half of his second term.
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Democratic candidate Helena Foulkes, who defeated incumbent Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary, is projected to win the election for governor.
She is projected to defeat Republican challenger Aaron Guckian.
Polls have closed in Arkansas as of 8:30 p.m. ET.
Republican Ashley Moody is projected to win against Democratic challenger Angie Nixon for the Senate seat in Florida.
Around 6 in 10 Texas gubernatorial voters disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president, including about half who strongly disapprove, according to early ABC News Voter Polls.
Roughly 6 in 10 Texas gubernatorial voters say that Trump's tariff policies have hurt the national economy, while a similar share say the same for their local economy, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls.
Nearly 3 in 4 Texas gubernatorial voters rate the economy negatively, including about 1 in 3 who grade the economy as poor, according to early ABC News Voter Polls.
-ABC News' Will Bishop
