Lisa Desjardins

[Instrumental music] Well, with just a few weeks to go until election day, Democrats are hoping to flip some seats in deep red states, and some are doing that by talking about religion.

Our Lisa Desjardins has more.

Fusing faith and politics is almost a no-brainer for many Republicans hoping to hold public office, but this election cycle, 12 pastors, seminarians, and former clergy ran as Democrats, with about half managing to secure their nominations.

Coming from the pulpit to the political stage, these candidates have used their experience as religious leaders to talk about their call to run.

There's been nothing like what we're doing today.

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The administration is touting investment in the military and manufacturing jobs, even as many voters nationwide express unhappiness with the economy and overall cost of living.

I think the biggest, most important thing is getting gas prices back down.

Let them take out Los Angeles.

Let them take out San Diego.

The White House argues the president was stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if Iran hadn't been stopped.

Well, spending for this year's midterms is accelerating the closer we get to election day.

Our political correspondent, Lisa Desjardins, is here to make dollars and sense of the billions spent to influence who controls Congress next year.

Lisa, good to see you.

Good to see you.

So this election is not just a test of ideology, but it is in some ways a test of how you get your news and what ads you listen to.

All right.

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Turning now to the upcoming elections here in the US, Republican Karl Rove is known for his hardball politics promoting the GOP, but he recently announced this year he's voting for a Democrat

Our Lisa Desjardins sat down with him, along with another architect of modern politics, that's Democrat David Axelrod.

Their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago covered election security, whether Rove will vote for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, and their midterm predictions

If the election were today, what would this election look like for Democrats?

We found Democratic congressional candidates hold a significant lead over Republicans.

Lisa Desjardins is here with more insights from that poll.

So Lisa, seven weeks until election day, what exactly do the polls show us about who has the edge going into midterms?

Well, as viewers know, good polling is not an exact map, it is more of a compass.