Here are today’s Battleground Dispatches - a roundup of what is going on right now in the year’s hottest races, based on reports from local and national media, with 14 days remaining until Election Day.

McClatchy-MSNBC Senate polls: Results from the latest McClatchy-MSNBC polls on competitive Senate races, conducted by Mason-Dixon:

Missouri - McCaskill (D) 46%, Talent (R) 43%;
Montana - Tester (D) 46%, Burns (R) 43%;
New Jersey - Menendez (D) 45%, Kean (R) 42%;
Ohio - Brown (D) 48, DeWine (R) 40%;
Pennsylvania - Casey (D) 55%, Santorum (R) 39%;
Rhode Island - Whitehouse (D) 48%, Chafee (R) 43%;
Tennessee - Corker (R) 45%, Ford (D) 43%;
Virginia - Allen (R) 47%, Webb (D) 43%

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