1. It’s six days to the midterm elections.

We’ve mentioned before that the diversity of this year’s candidates is remarkable. Now we can show you.

Former President Barack Obama is crisscrossing the country in support of Democrats. But, as our reporter notes, some of his supporters “have come to want a fist, not a handshake” in the fight against President Trump and his party.

Meanwhile, the Hub Project, a little-known Democratic organization with deep pockets from anonymous donors — providing funds known as “dark money” — is on track to spend $30 million in closely contested congressional elections across the country.