Warner projected to win in Virginia Senate race

Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Warner is projected to win in the Virginia Senate race against Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa.
Preliminary Voter Poll data is in for the high-stakes midterm elections.
Polls are closing around the country in the high-stakes midterm elections.
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Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Warner is projected to win in the Virginia Senate race against Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa.
Polls have closed in seven more states at 7 p.m. ET: parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, Kentucky and parts of Indiana.
Around a third of voters in Ohio's Senate race say they are angry about the way things are going in the country today, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls. Roughly another third say they are dissatisfied.
About 7 in 10 Ohio Senate voters rate the national economy negatively, including about a third who call it poor, according to early ABC News Voter Polls.
By an over 2-to-1 margin, Ohio Senate voters say their family's financial situation is worse than it was two years ago rather than better, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls.
About 6 in 10 Ohio Senate voters say they are very concerned over the cost of gas, food/groceries, utilities and healthcare, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls.
-ABC News' Laura Silver
South Carolina has set a new record for highest numbers of votes cast in the past 30 years in a midterm election, the South Carolina Election Commission said Tuesday afternoon.
As of 4:30 p.m. ET, 1,797,335 ballots were cast, the agency said. The commission also said more than 50% of the state’s voters have voted.
"South Carolina's record for percentage turnout is 54.6%, set in 2002," the agency said.
Polls in the state close at 7 p.m. ET.
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim