Midterm election results updates: Dems keep control of Senate with Nevada win

In a post-election interview, J.D. Vance -- the projected winner of Ohio’s U.S. Senate race -- told Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS he thinks Donald Trump will continue to have a “major role” in the Republican Party.

"Trump is a very popular figure. I think he's going to continue to have a major, major role in the party moving forward. Look, the effort, I think to finger point at a stage is just really, really counterproductive for what we actually don't know what happened," Vance said.

Trump's been under fire after the anticipated “red wave” didn’t quite materialize this cycle. Several of his hand-picked candidates in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and other key states lost their races.

But Vance suggested there's a lot more than Trump's endorsements of failed candidates at play in explaining why Republicans didn’t perform as well as they hoped.

"There are a lot of House seats where we still don't know what happened and a lot of Senate seats that are still very much up in the air. And I think that there were a few very clear problems that we should be focused on, like the fundraising disadvantage. That'd be a lot more productive than I think blaming Donald Trump or frankly, anybody else," he said.

-ABC News' Paulina Tam

Democratic candidates in Arizona slightly continued to expand their leads over Republicans late Thursday. But with small batches of votes also trickling in from rural counties, the statewide races are still projected to be close and hundreds of thousands of ballots remain uncounted.

A late night drop of just over 78,000 votes from Maricopa County -- comprised of early ballots dropped off in the days before Election Day -- were favorable to Democrats. However, Republicans predict the roughly 260,000 outstanding Election Day "late earlies" and the 17,000 "Box #3" ballots will favor them.

Here’s where Arizona's races currently stand.

Senate: Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly continues to lead Republican challenger Blake Masters, now by about 115,000 votes, with 80% of the expected vote in. The race is 52%-46%.

Governor: Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs netted an additional 7,494 votes and is leading Republican candidate Kari Lake at 51-49%, with 79% of the expected vote in. Both have reached over a million votes, but Hobbs leads Lake by nearly 27,000.

Secretary of State: Democratic candidate Adrian Fontes continues to grow his lead over Republican candidate Mark Finchem, 53%-47%, leading by about 109,000 votes, with 78% of expected vote in.

Attorney general: Democratic candidate Kris Mayes and Republican candidate Abe Hamadeh are still statically tied at 50%, but in terms of vote count, Mayes is leading by about 16,000 votes.

There are just under an estimated 500,000 outstanding ballots in Arizona, including more than 100,000 ballots in Pima County and 330,000 in Maricopa County.

Maricopa County officials will have another ballot drop Friday evening, along with a press conference at some point in the day. They expect to continue counting votes through the weekend because a record number of "late early" ballots dropped off on Election Day are going through the signature verification process.

-ABC News' Libby Cathey and Hannah Demissie

As of early Friday morning, Republicans have won 211 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives while Democrats have won 204.

So far, Republicans have flipped a total of 16 House seats while Democrats have flipped five.

Twenty House races remain outstanding and Republicans only need to win seven of them to gain control of Congress' lower chamber.

Both parties are currently leading in 10 of the outstanding House races.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

As of early Friday morning, both Democrats and Republicans have 48 seats in the Senate and four seats remain undecided with those races still outstanding.

Alaska: No candidate received 50% of the vote, meaning that rank-choice voting will decide the winner of the race no earlier than Nov. 23. With 71% of the expected vote reporting, Republican candidate Kelly Tshibaka has 44%, Republican incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski has 43%, Democratic candidate Patricia Chesbro has 10% and Republican candidate Buzz Kelley has 3%.

Arizona: With 80% of the expected vote reporting, Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly has 52% and Republican challenger Blake Masters has 46%.

Georgia: With 99% of the expected vote reporting, Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has 49% and Republican challenger Herschel Walker has 49%. A runoff election was announced and will be held Dec. 6.

Nevada: With 88% of the expected vote reporting, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt has 49% and Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has 48%.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie