MD: New York Times: “Black GOP Aim to Change Votors’ Habits“; Washington Times: “Cardin skips debate in Charles County“; Washington Post: “Cardin Takes Flak for Forgoing NAACP-Sponsored Debate in Charles“; “Steele Finds Himself in a Purple Haze“; “Black Republicans Eye New Voter Habits”

MO: AP: “Warner Lends Name to Anti – Stem Cell Ad”; “Fox: Not Off Medicine in Political Ads“; New York Times: “Suppan in Spotlight on and Off the Mound “; Kansas City Star: “McCaskill uses loan to boost campaign“; “Urban vote crucial to Senate contest“; MyFox STL: “McCaskill Narrows Cash Gap, But Loans Campaign $500,000″; News-Leader.com: “Talk of Bush visit to Talent fundraiser grows“; St. Lewis Post-Dispatch: “McCaskill closing fund gap with Talent in Senate race“

MT: Billings Gazette: “Burns has more than $1M in bank“; Daily Inter Lake (MT); “Cheney to visit Nov. 1“; Great Falls Tribune: “Libertarian Jones running for U.S. Senate just to get message out”

NJ: New York Times: “A Race That Could Tip the Balance“; “Family Ties Help Kean in Senate Race, Poll Says“; North Jersey.com: “Menendez added to corruption lawsuit “; Asbury Park Press: “Kean employed aide who was sued over racial slur“; “Analysts doubt gay-marriage ruling will sway voters in Senate race“; Newark Star-Ledger: “Kean insists he supports civil unions“; “The big bucks stop here for U.S. Senate race“; UPI: “N.J. Senate race a statistical tie“

OH: AP: “GOP Drops TV Plans for Ohio Senator“; Cleveland Plain Dealer: “DeWine, Brown final debate likely to be a rehash”; Akron Beacon Journal: “DeWine’s coffers are still full of cash“

PA: Philadelphia Inquirer,: “Santorum keeps focus on defense“; New York Post: “Santorum’s Last Stand“; Philadelphia Daily News: “Bad news for Rick: Casey has more cash“; Patriot News: “Santorum warns of ‘Islamic facism’“; Pittsburgh Post Gazette: “Santorum: Casey lacking on security“; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ”Democrats set to burn midnight oil for Casey“

RI: AP: “Both R.I. Senate Candidates Bash Bush“; Pawtucket Times: “Bashing abates as Chafee, Whitehouse debate “; Providence Journal: “Whitehouse, Carcieri widen leads in poll“; Whitehouse flush with campaign cash; AP: “Both R.I. Senate Candidates Bash Bush”

TN: New York Times: “Tennessee Controversy Shaped by Spin Expert“; “Compounding a Political Outrage“; Kingsport Times News: “Laura Bush scheduled to visit Sullivan County, rally support for Corker“; The Tennessean: “We’ve seen the ads; how about answers?”; “Corker a bit ahead in tight, mean race“; Daily News Journal (TN): “Corker denounces negative ads“; Nashville City Paper: “Father’s lobbying clients help Ford“; Knoxville News Sentinel: “Ford’s appearance at event criticized“

VA: New York Times: “With 2% in Polls, She Negotiates“; Washington Times: “Wives maintain high profiles in Senate race“; “Independent mulls ending Senate bid“; Roanoke Times: “Allen courts Roanoke voters“; “Webb attracts large crowd in Floyd“; Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Webb raises more than Allen so far this month”; “Marriage issue in forefront”; USA Today: “Women, minorities may decide Senate race in Va.”