Update 10:42 am ET: Republican Brian Kemp has won the election for governor of Georgia, though Democrat challenger Stacey Abrams refuses to concede.
Republican Rep. Dave Brat, who famously defeated then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary in 2014, lost to his Democrat challenger, Abigail Spanberger.
Update 11:00 pm ET: Democrat Rep. David Scott won re-election in Georgia’s 13th congressional district. Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk won his re-election in the state’s 11th congressional district.
Rep. Elaine Luria (D) was elected in Virginia’s 2nd congressional district, defeating incumbent Republican Scott Taylor.
Republican Rep. Ted Budd won re-election in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district.
Update 10:31 pm ET: Rep. Carol Miller (R) won her re-election in West Virginia’s 3rd congressional district.
Republican Buddy Carter won re-election in Georgia’s 1st congressional district.
In South Carolina, Ralph Norman (R) won re-election in the state’s 5th congressional district. Republican William Timmons also won re-election in the state’s 4th congressional district. And in South Carolina’s 7th congressional district, Republican Tom Rice won his re-election.
Update 10:02 pm ET: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) won re-election in North Carolina’s 5th congressional district. Republican Richard Hudson won re-election in the state’s 8th congressional district.
Republican Henry McMaster was re-elected as governor of South Carolina. Joe Wilson (R) won re-election in the state’s 2nd congressional district.
Rep. Jody Hice (R) won re-election in Georgia’s 10th congressional district.
Republican Alex Mooney won re-election in West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district.
Update 9:32 pm ET: Republicans Rick Allen and Tom Graves won their re-elections in Georgia’s 12th and 14th congressional districts, respectively. Democrat Sanford Bishop won re-election in the state’s 2nd congressional district. Republican Drew Ferguson won re-election in Georgia’s 3rd congressional district.
In West Virginia, Republican David McKinley won his re-election in the state’s 1st congressional district. Sen. Joe Manchin (D) also won re-election in a state President Donald Trump won heavily.
Republican David Rouzer won re-election in North Carolina’s 7th congressional district.
Update 9:01 pm ET: Republican Rep. Mark Meadows has won re-election in North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, and Republican Ben Cline was elected to Virginia’s 6th congressional district.
Rep. Mark Walker won re-election in North Carolina’s 6th congressional district.
Democrat Donald Beyer won re-election in Virginia’s 8th congressional district, as did Democrat Gerry Connolly in Virginia’s 11th.
In Georgia, Rep. Doug Collins (R) won re-election in the state’s 9th congressional district.
Reps. Jeff Duncan (R) and Jim Clyburn (D) won their re-elections in South Carolina’s 3rd and 6th congressional districts, respectively.
Update 8:33 pm ET: Democrat Reps. G.K. Butterfield and David Price won re-election in North Carolina’s 1st and 4th congressional districts, respectively. Rep. Alma Adams (D) also won re-election in North Carolina’s 12th congressional district.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R) won his re-election in Virginia’s 1st congressional district, as did Rep. Donald McEachin (D) in Virginia’s 4th congressional district. Rep. Morgan Griffith won re-election in Virginia’s 9th congressional district.
In the first Republican upset of the evening, Denver Riggleman defeated Democrat Leslie Cockburn in Virginia’s 5th congressional district.
In North Carolina’s 10th congressional district, Republican Patrick McHenry won re-election.
Update 7:57 pm ET: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) has won re-election against Republican Corey Stewart. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) has lost her re-election bid, becoming Republican’s first casualty of the night.
Update 7:28 pm ET: Uncontested races in Georgia’s 5th and 8th congressional districts leave incumbents John Lewis (D) and Austin Scott (R), respectively in office. Bobby Scott, Democrat from Virginia’s 3rd congressional district, also faced no opponent.
Pre-Election House Seats:
Georgia: 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats
North Carolina: 10 Republicans, 3 Democrats
South Carolina: 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Virginia: 7 Republicans, 4 Democrats
West Virginia: 2 Republicans, 1 Open seat
The Southern Atlantic states are full of key races to watch.
In Georgia, the governor’s race is between progressive former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams and Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Most polls show a tight race that gives Kemp a slight edge.
In Virginia, Republican Rep. Dave Brat, who famously ousted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the 2014 primary, is now battling for his own career, and Republican Barbara Comstock is also vulnerable. And in West Virginia, it looks like Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, will keep his seat, but there could always be a surprise upset.