With Joe Manchin not running again, GOP Gov. Jim Justice and Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott battled for a pivotal Senate seat.

Republicans flipped control of the U.S. Senate after picking up seats in Ohio and West Virginia according to projections by The Associated Press, though there were too many uncalled House races early Wednesday to predict which party will hold that chamber when the new Congress begins in

Republicans notched their first flip of a Senate seat on Tuesday night with Gov. Jim Justice winning the seat being vacated by the retirement of Joe Manchin.