Exit polls are surveys of a small percentage of voters taken after they leave their voting place. Pollsters use this data to project how all voters or segments of voters side on a particular race or ballot measure.

Notes

• All times Eastern Daylight Time.

• CNN will broadcast a projected winner only after an extensive review of data from a number of sources. Details about CNN's projection process

• Poll closing times by state and time zone.

• "Party Change" denotes a race where the 2010 projected winner is from a different party than the previous incumbent.

• Not all candidates and ballot measures are listed.

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• Vote totals compiled by The Associated Press. Candidate profiles provided by Project Vote Smart. Fundraising data provided by OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org.

• Alaska Senate results listed for Murkowski include write-in votes for her and any other write-in candidates.