A U.S. District Court in Cincinnati heard five hours of testimony on October 18, in Liberty Township Tea Party v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  See this story.  There will be another hearing on October 20, and probably soon after a quick decision.  The issue is whether the zone around polling places (that is beyond the 100 feet no-electioneering restricted area) becomes a public forum on days when voting is occurring.

Here is one of many press accounts of the October 18 New York gubernatorial debate.  This particular article, from The New Republic, seems to feel the debate was a success.  UPDATE:  here is the account in The City Paper of Rochester, which is also favorably impressed with the debate.

On October 15, the Denver Post, the biggest newspaper in Colorado, endorsed Kathleen Curry for re-election.  See the editorial here; scroll down to State House district 61.  Curry is being forced to run for re-election as a write-in candidate because she changed her registration last December from “Democrat” to “independent.”  Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link.