Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, among former President Donald Trump's most loyal supporters, won reelection Tuesday in Missouri by fending off a challenge from Democrat Lucas Kunce.

Sen. Josh Hawley will be returning to D.C. in January. The Associated Press called the Senate race with about half of Missouri votes counted.

Josh Hawley defeated Lucas Kunce in a race for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat, the Associated Press reported. Hawley, the Republican incumbent, wins his second consecutive six-year term for the Senate seat.