National media have plenty to say about the midterms. There will be a blue wave. Or maybe a red one. The results will either be a repudiation or an affirmation of the president.
We get it.
But how are local news organizations — whose newsrooms are largely based in these districts — covering the midterm elections?
We put together a list of local news orgs that are covering noteworthy Senate, Congressional and gubernatorial races across the country.
How’d we pick these races? We used FiveThirtyEight’s “classic” forecasts to eliminate Senate and governor races in which one candidate had a greater than 95 percent chance of winning. For Congressional candidates, we pulled all races in which FiveThirtyEight’s “classic” forecast projects a party flip or a toss-up.
A caveat: We did our best to highlight a variety. If you know a news organization that deserves to be listed, let us know.
Florida
- Senate, Governor: Tampa Bay Times, Tallahassee Democrat, Miami Herald, Florida Today
- Florida 15th (toss-up): The (Lakeland) Ledger
- Florida 26th (possible party flip): Key West Citizen
- Florida 27th (possible party flip): Miami Herald
Georgia
- Governor: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (Macon) Telegraph, Savannah Morning News
- Georgia 6th (toss-up): Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Texas
- Senate: Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Tribune, Community Impact Newspaper
- Texas 7th (possible party flip): Houston Chronicle, Community Impact Newspaper
Alaska
- Governor: Anchorage Daily News
Arizona
- Senate: Arizona Republic
- Arizona 2nd (possible party flip): (Tucson) Arizona Daily Star
Colorado
- Governor: Denver Post
- Colorado 6th (possible party flip): Denver Post
California
- California 10th (possible party flip): Modesto Bee
- California 25th (possible party flip): L.A. Times
- California 39th (possible party flip): L.A. Times
- California 45th (possible party flip): Orange County Register
- California 48th (possible party flip): Orange County Register
- California 49th (possible party flip): San Diego Union-Tribune
Connecticut
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Governor: Hartford Courant
Illinois
- Governor: Chicago Tribune
- Illinois 6th (toss-up): Chicago Tribune
- Illinois 14th (possible party flip): Chicago Tribune
Indiana
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Senate: Indianapolis Star
Iowa
- Governor: Des Moines Register
- Iowa 1st (possible party flip): The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette
- Iowa 3rd (possible party flip): Des Moines Register
Kansas
- Governor: Kansas City Star
- Kansas 2nd (possible party flip): The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Kansas 3rd (possible party flip): Kansas City Star
Kentucky
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Kentucky 6th (toss-up): Lexington Herald-Leader
Maine
- Governor: Portland Press Herald
- Maine 2nd (possible party flip): Bangor Daily News
Michigan
- Governor: Detroit Free Press
- Michigan 7th (toss-up) Detroit Free Press
- Michigan 8th (possible party flip): Lansing State Journal
- Michigan 11th (possible party flip): Detroit Free Press
Minnesota
- Senate, Governor: Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Minnesota 1st (toss-up): Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Minnesota 2nd (possible party flip): Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Minnesota 3rd (possible party flip): Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Minnesota 8th (possible party flip): Duluth News Tribune
Mississippi
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Senate: The Clarion-Ledger
Missouri
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Senate: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Montana
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Senate: Missoulian
Nebraska
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Nebraska 2nd (toss-up): Omaha World-Herald
Nevada
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Senate, Governor: Las Vegas Review-Journal
New Jersey
- Senate: The Star-Ledger, NJ.com
- New Jersey 2nd (possible party flip): Press of Atlantic City, NJ.com
- New Jersey 3rd (possible party flip): Burlington County Times, NJ.com
- New Jersey 7th (possible party flip): Hunterdon County News, NJ.com
- New Jersey 11th (possible party flip): (Morris County) Daily Record, NJ.com
New Mexico
- Governor: Albuquerque Journal
- New Mexico 2nd (toss-up): Albuquerque Journal
New York
- New York 19th (possible party flip): Poughkeepsie Journal, The Daily Star, Albany Times-Union
- New York 22nd (possible party flip): The (Binghamton) Press & Sun-Bulletin, (Utica) Observer-Dispatch, The (Syracuse) Post-Standard
North Carolina
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North Carolina 9th (toss-up): The Charlotte Observer
North Dakota
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Senate: The Grand Forks Herald
Ohio
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Governor: The Plain Dealer
Oklahoma
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Governor: The Oklahoman
Oregon
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Governor: The Oregonian
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania 1st (toss-up): Bucks County Courier Times
- Pennsylvania 5th (possible party flip): News of Delaware County
- Pennsylvania 6th (possible party flip): (Chester County) Daily Local News
- Pennsylvania 7th (possible party flip): Lehigh Valley Live
- Pennsylvania 17th (possible party flip): The (Scranton) Times-Tribune
South Dakota
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Governor: The Argus Leader
Tennessee
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Senate: The Tennessean
Utah
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Utah 4th (possible party flip): Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News
Vermont
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Governor: Burlington Free Press
Virginia
- Virginia 5th (toss-up): The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
- Virginia 7th (toss-up): Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Virginia 10th (possible party flip): The Washington Post, The Northern Virginia Daily, The Winchester Star, Loudoun Times-Mirror
Washington
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Washington 8th (possible party flip): The Seattle Times
West Virginia
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Senate: Charleston Gazette-Mail
Wisconsin
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Governor: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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