In this week’s edition of Spotlight Politics:

The midterm election is less than a week away on Nov. 8. While candidates are out making their final appeals to voters, special interest groups and political PACs are hard at work hammering final messaging. 

Meanwhile in Chicago, the race for mayor grows more crowded with another big potential challenger in the wings. 

Our politics team of Amanda Vinicky, Paris Schutz and Heather Cherone takes on those stories and more.