These 3 Democrats won their Senate races even before Election Day. Here's how.

State data shows that three Democrats running for the Senate had already reached vote totals needed to win before Election Day began, with their early and mail-in ballots surpassing all votes cast for their Republican opponents. After Democrats flipped both the Senate and House in Tuesday’s midterms, the article highlights races in North Carolina, Texas and Georgia. In North Carolina, former Gov. Roy Cooper won with about 59% after getting 1,728,410 votes from early voting alone, compared with Republican Michael Whatley’s 1,648,088 total across methods. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico led by mail and early votes, winning the seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn. In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff likewise outperformed Republican Mike Collins’s total with 1,771,999 early and mail-in votes.