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Republicans are projected to win control of the U.S. Senate in a huge blow to Democrats

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At least two states will have a new Republican senator in West Virginia and Bernie Moreno in Ohio .

A handful of other races are still too close to call, but the GOP majority could yet grow to 55 seats in the upper chamber.

With a new majority, Republicans will have an opportunity to extend Donald Trump ’s 2017 tax cuts when they expire at the end of next year .

But Alsobrooks easily won the race. The GOP ’s Senate majority will be led by a new face next year . Mitch McConnell , the longest-serving Senate leader in history, is stepping down from his position. Republicans will select his replacement in a closed-door election next week from a list of three candidates: Senate Minority Whip John Thune (S.D.), Sen. John Cornyn ( Texas ) and Sen. Rick Scott ( Fla. ). See full results from the Senate election here..