Catalina Camia and Cooper Allen

USA TODAY

USA TODAY provided quick updates on election night 2014. Full coverage can be found at elections.usatoday.com.

What we know

For the first time since 2006, Republicans will be in charge of the Senate. Thom Tillis sealed the victory by defeating Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina, a state President Obama lost in 2012. Republican Joni Ernst later won the open seat in Iowa to pad the new GOP majority.

Republicans can still make further gains in Alaska, where polls just closed and Democratic Sen. Mark Begich is in a battle with Republican Dan Sullivan, as well as Louisiana, where Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican Bill Cassidy will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff.

The GOP has also retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

New winners

Republican Charlie Baker won the Massachusetts governor's race he lost four years ago by beating Democrat Martha Coakley. She has now lost two winnable races in the liberal-leaning state, including a 2010 special election for the U.S. Senate.

Republican Bruce Rauner has defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn to take the Illinois governorship.

Edwin Edwards, a former Louisiana governor who's also a convicted felon, advances to a runoff in the state's 6th U.S. House District.

GOP Rep. Vance McAllister — better known as the "kissing congressman" — lost his re-election bid. He didn't finish in the top two in Louisiana's 5th District and won't make the December runoff.

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#Ivoted catches on

Check out this timelapse map of the the Twitter conversation relating to the hashtag #Ivoted over the course of Election Day.

What's on Twitter

What they're saying

"The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together,'' said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.

"We are humbled by the responsibility the American people have placed with us, but this is not a time for celebration. It's time for government to start getting results." — House Speaker John Boehner

Contributing: The Associated Press