7 Interesting Senate Races Likely to Be Called on Election Night

A Tommy Tuberville campaign sign on Three Notch Road in Mobile, Ala., on July 14, 2020. Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

With the major expansion of mail-in voting this year and many states counting ballots that arrive after Election Day, it’s likely that many competitive races will be too close to call on the day.

Still, there are 27 states that won’t accept mail-in ballots that arrive after Nov. 3. Of these, seven host Senate races that not only are worth watching, but will likely see the winners declared on election night.

Alabama: Jones Versus Tuberville

In a major upset, Democrat Doug Jones took the seat in 2018 from Republican Luther Strange, who was appointed to the vacancy left by Republican Jeff Sessions after Sessions resigned in 2017 to become the first attorney general in the Trump administration.