The Midterminator

After you vote and begin chewing your nails to the nub, here’s a run down of races to watch. From GQ: A Field Guide to the Most Competitive House Races in America. From Vox: The 16 most interesting House races of 2018 and the 10 most important Senate elections. And from ABC: 7 key races that tell the story of the 2018 midterms.

+ In the final stretch, the president’s lies have reached a dizzying clip (and we were already pretty dizzy). Meanwhile, as robocalls in Georgia call Stacey Abrams “a poor man’s Aunt Jemima,” Matt Viser explains that these midterms will test whether people not named Trump can win by stoking racial animosity.

+ More than any in recent memory, this has been an election cycle during which great efforts were made to prevent people from voting. Historian Kevin Kruse offers a few reminders about what Americans sacrificed to get full access to the ballot.