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Temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling and your chance to play a role in democracy is fast approaching. President Donald Trump is halfway through his four-year term. And the chance to push his agenda forward — or stop it in its tracks — has arrived. In Illinois, citizens can vote in U.S. House races to help determine if Congress switches to Democratic control and for governor and other state races to determine the balance of power in Springfield. On the eve of the 2018 midterm elections, whether you’re politically apathetic or ready to tackle your ballot with black ink, here are five things to know about Election Day in Illinois. 1. The big races All 435 House members are up for election this fall, while a third of the 100 U.S. senators are up for election. In Illinois, voters also pick other offices, including governor, in the midterms. You probably know J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat. And incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican. Perhaps you know about both of their ...

Five takeaways after the Patriots pull away from the Packers to score a 31-17 victory and a sixth-straight win. Brady over Rodgers oversimplifies it The allure of Sunday night’s game for the national audience was the battle between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, with two of their generation’s elite quarterbacks trading possession of the football, and with the Patriots’ victory will come the headlines that Brady outdueled his Packer counterpart. But that assessment would be dramatically oversimplifying things. Brady and Rodgers were both fine. Brady finished 22 of 35 for 294 yards and a touchdown; Rodgers went 24-for-43, totaling 259 yards and two scores. Their passer ratings were 99 and 89.2, respectively. Per that measure it was Brady’s sixth-best game of the season; only one of Rodgers’s eight games has been worse. So Sunday was less of a duel than it was the Patriots overcoming a series of significant offensive injuries to take advantage of a Green Bay defense that has no...