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Dems losses Tuesday could be historic. Poll: Love up 5% over Owens. The 4th District candidates spar for last time.
Happy Friday. So we know that Tuesday's midterm election could be bad for the Democrats, but how bad? Possibly the worst since Harry Truman was in the White House. Democrats lost 68 House seats in the 2010 elections and could lose another 5-10 this time around, and the blame can be shared among more partisan, gerrymandered districts and President Barack Obama's leadership. [http://www3.blogs.rollcall.com/rothenblog/obama-poised-to-set-new-midterm-loss-record/"; target="_blank">RollCall]
Topping the news: A new poll shows Republican Mia Love five points ahead of Democratic opponent Doug Owens. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1764679-155/love-owens-percent-poll-race-cann"; target="_blank">Trib][http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/3888-exclusive-poll-love-48-owens-43"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy] Bob Bernick digs into the demographics to find Owens leading with women in the race while Love is winning the male vote. [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/3896-bob-bernick-s-notebook-running-out-of-time"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy]
-> Matt Canham writes up a primer on the 4th Congressional race. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1730847-155/owens-love-doug-mia-federal-utah"; target="_blank">Trib]
-> Meanwhile, Love and Owens appeared for their final debate with Owens saying Love is too extreme and Love saying she's concerned by the personal attacks by her opponent, especially about her faith. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1763443-155/love-owens-values-doug-lake-lds"; target="_blank">Trib][http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614311/New-poll-shows-Love-Owens-race-tightens-both-spar-in-final-debate.html"; target="_blank">DNews][http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/3889-final-love-owens-debate-a-fiesty-affair"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy][http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614364/Salt-Lake-County-Proposition-1-asks-voters-whether-to-renew-ZAP-tax.html"; target="_blank">KUTV][http://fox13now.com/2014/10/30/love-owens-debate-for-final-time-recent-poll-indicates-a-close-race-for-utahs-4th/"; target="_blank">Fox13][http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/utahs-4th-congressional-dist-candidates-in-tight-r/63244/WkyAyUUyw0avYfiRotCIKg"; target="_blank">ABC4]
Tweet of the day: From http://twitter.com/jlms_qkw"; target="_blank">@jlms_qkw: "Dear Utah: 33.6% of you voted in 2010. Please do better. Please vote."
In other news: President Barack Obama's former campaign strategist, David Axelrod, plans to speak this Saturday in Salt Lake City at the McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture Series: In Praise of Independent Journalism. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1765067-155/axelrod-lake-salt-saturday-strategist-campaign"; target="_blank">Trib]
-> Mayor Ben McAdams selected Karen Crompton to be his new assistant director in the county's Department of Human Services. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1765249-155/county-mcadams-crompton-lake-salt-mayor"; target="_blank">Trib]
-> Several groups are trying to educate voters to reauthorize the Zoo, Arts and Parks tax in Salt Lake County. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614364/Salt-Lake-County-Proposition-1-asks-voters-whether-to-renew-ZAP-tax.html"; target="_blank">DNews]
-> Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott discuss the 4th District race and how legislative elections are shaping up. [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/multimedia/3895-video-bernick-and-schott-on-politics-episode-211"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy]
-> Paul Rolly discusses Utah's legislators who still continue to raise campaign money despite being unopposed. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/1758435-155/campaign-sltrib-unopposed-com-http-incumbents"; target="_blank">Trib]
-> Pat Bagley takes a cue off the recent viral video of the woman being harassed while walking in New York City — and offers a good comeback. [http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/1765313-155/bagley-com-cartoon-facebook-lake-salt"; target="_blank">Trib]
Nationally: Two mass graves were discovered containing at least 220 Iraqi men recently executed by Islamic jihadists. [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/islamic-state-executes-over-200-iraqis/article/2555500"; target="_blank">Examiner]
-> Despite consistent American airstrikes, militants continue to flow into Syria to fight. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/airstrikes-against-the-islamic-state-have-not-affected-flow-of-foreign-fighters-to-syria/2014/10/30/aa1f124a-603e-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost]
-> For the first time in years, Israeli authorities have blocked access to a contested holy site in Jerusalem after a Palestinian man was shot and killed for being thought to be involved with an assassination attempt of Yehuda Glick, an Israeli-American agitator. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-jerusalem-temple-mount-al-aksa.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes][http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-blocks-jersusalem-holy-site-amid-rising-tensions-after-activist-shot/2014/10/30/a86dbe1a-6020-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost]
-> According to a government report, the United State's economic output rose at a 3.5 percent annual pace in the third quarter. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/business/economy/us-economy-q3-2014-gdp.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news"; target="_blank">NYTimes][http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/30/u-s-gdp-grows-at-3-5-percent-in-third-quarter/?hpid=z3"; target="_blank">WaPost]
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