Abrams does not concede, says Georgia governor race headed to runoff

Thank you so much for tuning in our election night live blog. We have a lot of luck, but we are still waiting for results in a number of races.

Here are some of the top takeaways:

• NBC projects that the Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans will remain in control of the Senate, and will grow their majority by several seats.
• Powered by a suburban revolt against Trump, Democrats reclaimed a majority in the House, and scored a string of upsets in doing so. By midnight AND, the party had already picked up two more seats in the House, with many West Coast results still outstanding.
• Republicans successfully defended Senate seats in Texas and Tennessee, while also picking up seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.
• In gubernatorial races, Democrats made some key gains Andrew Gillum in Florida was defeated and Stacey Abrams in Georgia was trailing. Democrats won in Wisconsin – defeating Trump ally and forming Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker – as well as Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and Nevada.
• There were many historic firsts.
• A record number of women were elected to the House of Representatives. As of early Wednesday, at least 95 women had won seats, breaking the current session's record of 84 women.

But by 5:15 a.m. AND there were still several races that were determined, because they remained "too close to call." They include:

The Alaska Gubernatorial race was also considered "too early to call."

Thanks again for joining us, and do not forget to check with NBCNews.com for updated coverage.

Nevada's so-called "pink tax" on women's health products has been repealed, NBC News projected early Wednesday.

Voters were asked whether tampons and sanitary napkins should be exempt from sales and use tax.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that opponents said the exemption could result in between $ 900,000 and $ 1.3 million in sales-tax revenue each year.

Fourteen other states do not subject feminine hygiene products to a sales tax, according to the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy non-profit.

Former Republican Presidential Candidate and Trump ally Scott Walker was defeated in his bid for a third term as Wisconsin's governor.

NBC News declared Democrat Tony Evers as apparent winner at 3:30 am ET.

Speaking of his race, Walker last week said that "whether it was Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama or Donald Trump now" any president's first midterm election is "tough."

A NBC / Marist poll published on Oct. 11 found that 45 percent of successful voters in Wisconsin approved of Trump's job performance, while 50 percent disapproved. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016.

Democrat Rep. Jacky Rosen has defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Dean Heller in the Nevada Senate race, NBC News projects.

With 93 percent of the Silver State's tallied vote, Rosen, a congresswoman representing the state's 3rd Congressional District, was leading Heller 50 percent to 45.8 percent.

Rosen's win would be the only pick-up of a Republican-held Senate by a Democratic candidate in the 2018 midterm elections.

Moments before NBC News called the race, Rosen called Heller to concede. Rosen then declared in Las Vegas, tell cheering fans that she loved them, too, before coming to get to work.

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, addressed supporters early Wednesday morning, telling supporters to expect a runoff against Republican Brian Kemp.

"Georgia still has a decision to make," Abrams said. "If you were not your first choice, or if you did not vote, you're going to have a chance to do a do-over."

NBC News says the race is too close to call. Under Georgia law, if no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, then the top two vote getters advance to a runoff election.

Despite President Donald Trump's promise that tax cuts pbaded last year would have positively affect the personal finances of Americans, only 29 percent of voters say the changes have helped, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. Nationwide, 45 percent of voters report that their personal finances, while 22 percent say their finances have been hurt by the changes.

The exit polls also show that they are more likely to be in the market than they are. Seventeen percent of voters with annual household under $ 30,000 said their personal finances had benefited, compared to 34 percent of those with annual household incomes of $ 100,000 and higher.