Good morning! And be safe out there — tonight is Mischief Night, aka Devil’s Night.

Five days to go…

• At Politico, Tarini Parti writes this is the most wide-open Senate race in years, with 10 competitive races even at this late date.
• Turnout is everything — the latest Marquette University poll has Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker opening up a seven-point lead over challenger Mary Burke among likely voters, while the race remains tied among all eligible voters. Craig Gilbert reports for The Milwaukee J-S.
• Emma Roller and Stephanie Stamm at National Journal: “Meet the Tech Donors Who Are Dominating the Midterms.”
• The Sunlight Foundation’s Peter Olsen-Phillips reports that GOP-aligned groups continue to dominate the dark money game. They’ve spent about three-and-a-half times as much as their Democratic opponents.
• And Politico’s Anna Palmer reports that Republican lobbyists on K Street are hoping to strike it rich with a GOP-controlled Senate.

Still not sick –> Kaci Hickox, the hero nurse who went to Africa to help Ebola patients only to be imprisoned by Chris Christie on her return, is now threatening to sue Maine officials for her freedom after they imposed a mandatory quarantine. Hickox has repeatedly tested negative for the virus. Via: ABC News. AND: WaPo’s Greg Sargent reports that new polls show that despite a lot of hysterical media coverage of Ebola, “public worries about the disease are clearly on the wane.”

Smart development –> Amid much hand-wringing about how developing countries won’t be able to follow the wealthy world’s economic path because of climate change, Lindsay Abrams reports for Salon that a new study finds “poor nations embracing clean energy at twice the pace of rich ones.”

Crunch –> At The Atlantic, Derek Thompson looks at some of the reasons why “rich, dense cities are struggling with affordable housing, to the considerable anguish of their middle class families.”

“A racist mess” –> That’s how Salon’s Elias Isquith describes the NYPD’s “broken windows” policy based on the findings of a new study.

Operation –> The inventor of the board game “Operation” has been forced to raise money to pay for his own surgery, according to The Verge’s Cassandra Khaw.

Gun duel –> Eleanor Clift reports for The Daily Beast that the NRA is sitting out a contest between two opposing ballot initiatives dealing with gun rights in Washington State. ALSO: MoJo’s Hannah Levintovah looks at seven races where guns are going to be a key issue.

Crazy –> At NYMag, Jonathan Chait looks at a “remarkable column” by Fox News favorite Keith Ablow calling for an “American Jihad” — a US invasion of planet Earth.

Best of the Net –> Blank on Blank offers an amazing animated version of a 1970 interview Studs Terkel conducted with Maya Angelou:

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