With less than five weeks until Election Day, national attention has converged around the presidency and a handful of House and Senate races—understandable, considering how high the stakes are for the direction our country will take once the votes are counted. 

But there are several less visible races that are showing momentum in these final weeks and deserve a closer look. Here are seven that have hit our radar:

• Jennifer McCormick, IN Governor: A new poll from the Democratic Governors Association has her within 3 percent of Sen. Mike Braun. Driving this turn of fortune are a list of Republican missteps—including party delegates’ selection of a high-profile Christian nationalist pastor as Braun’s running mate.
  
• Rachel Hunt, NC Lt. Governor: NC’s second-in-command is elected separately, which is how the state got current Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson even as Gov. Roy Cooper won a second term in 2020. Among the many reasons it’s important to have a Democrat in this seat is that when the Governor leaves the state, the LG is the acting governor.
  
• Allison Riggs, NC Supreme Court: Justice Riggs is one of only two Democrat-appointed members of the state’s highest court. It usually splits 4-3, so losing Justice Riggs would give the conservative wing a license to steamroll their agenda.
  
• Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, MI Supreme Court: Democratic appointees currently have a 4-3 majority on the Court, thanks to Gov. Whitmer’s mid-term appointment of Justice Bolden two years ago. Now she’s running for a full term.
  
• Whitney Fox, FL US House-13: Former Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority executive Whitney is the Democratic nominee to challenge freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. Last week the DCCC finally added her to their Red-to-Blue program.
  
• Christina Bohannan, IA US House-1: Christina is a former state legislator who narrowly lost to freshman Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in 2022, setting up a rematch. Cookmoved this race from Likely R to Lean R earlier this month.
  
• Rebecca Cooke, WI US House-3: Rebecca is a former WI Economic Development Corporation board member. Sabato just moved this race from Likely R to Lean R, after a recent poll showed Rebecca leading incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden 49-47.

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