Republicans Win Big in the Senate, House

Many political experts predicted that Democrats would over-take the Senate, given the number of seats that Republicans had to defend and the negatives perceived with the Trump campaign.

But in the end, Republicans pulled off the victory -- coming up with wins in places like Wisconsin where GOP Sen. Ron Johnson was written off for months.

Republicans started the night with a 54-46 majority in the Senate.  Today, they're on track to end up with at least 52 seats.

GOP incumbents won in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania and they won in Missouri and North Carolina, where the entrenched incumbents faced uphill battles.  

They also handed President-elect Trump a huge gift -- a Republican-controlled Senate that can work alongside a Republican-controlled House.

Notably, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., won his sixth term in the Senate. On the Democratic side, double-amputee Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth won in Illinois and Nevada elected Catherine Cortez Masto, the country's first Latina senator.

In Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio came back from a failed presidential bid to win a second term -- and offer a call for unity.

It's possible that as many as 34 Republican governors will also take office.

In North Carolina, Republican incumbent Pat McCrory waited on results throughout the night in a race that could indicate just how far right the country is turning.