Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) “is working to show voters he’s more than a wooden wonk by loosening up on the campaign trail,” The Hill reports.

“Now, with a new and improved, more relaxed demeanor, some conservatives are taking a second look at the Louisiana governor for 2016 after largely writing him off as a major contender for the White House. Jindal surprised many last week when he gave a strong speech at the Values Voters Summit in Washington. The half-hour address drew both laughs and strong applause from the social conservatives gathered, and Jindal showed a dynamic style as he paced across the stage.”

“With the battle for the Senate tilting toward Republicans and President Obama’s approval ratings hovering near his all-time low, Democrats are more reliant than they have ever been on the very kind of big-money groups they have spent years trying to outlaw,” the New York Times reports.

“They are countering the Republican Party’s expansive and formidable outside spending network this fall with a smaller but more tightly knit alliance of groups that share donors, closely coordinate their advertising and hit harder than their conservative counterparts.”

Forrest Dunbar (D) told the Alaska Dispatch News he had a backstage altercation with Rep. Don Young (R-AK) before their debate Friday night.

When the two were walking near each other, Young said angrily, “You’re not from Cordova any more than I’m from Fort Yukon. I had you looked into.”

Dunbar said he was puzzled and touched Young on his arm lightly and asked: “What are you talking about?”

Then Dunbar said Young, “freaked out. There is no other way to describe it. He kind of snarled at me and said, ‘Don’t you ever touch me. Don’t ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.'”

“I’m just sad I’m not able to be there either. I’d like to be in the White House.”

— Mitt Romney, quoted by the Marietta Daily Journal.

A new Gravis Marketing poll in Kansas finds Greg Orman (I) leading Sen. Pat Roberts (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 40%.

In the race for governor, Paul Davis (D) leads Gov. Sam Brownback (R), 48% to 40%.

Hillary Clinton “has mapped out much of her political schedule through Election Day, an itinerary that focuses on helping Senate candidates and includes trips to a half-dozen states, including Kentucky and presidential early states Iowa and New Hampshire,” Politico reports.

“The final stretch of the midterms will mark Clinton’s most extensive political activity since she left the State Department early last year and requests for her to appear began pouring in from all corners of the country.”

“I feel comfortable, and I feel free. I feel completely liberated. But, you know… I was a lot better senator after I ran for president because I had done it. I had run. I came within 59,000 votes in one state, so for three hours I was president.”

— Secretary of State John Kerry, quoted by Vogue.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told CNN that he favors traditional marriage, but has said states should determine their own laws.

Said Paul: “I don’t want my guns registered in Washington or my marriage. Founding Fathers all got married by going down to the local courthouse. It is a local issue and always has been.”

He added: “Society’s changing. I mean, people change their minds all the time on this issue, and even within the Republican Party, there are people whose child turns out to be gay and they’re like, oh well maybe I want to rethink this issue. So it’s been rethought. The President’s rethought the issue. So I mean, a lot of people have rethought the issue.”

“He’s a good guy, but after doing immigration with him — we don’t need another young guy not quite ready. He’s no Obama by any means, but he’s so afraid of the right, and I’ve let that go.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico, on Sen. Marcio Rubio’s (R-FL) possible presidential aspirations.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the Weekly Standard that if he is reelected to the U.S. Senate in November, he will begin exploring a bid for the presidency.

Salt Lake Tribune: “Mitt Romney, whose name keeps popping up as a possible three-time presidential candidate, would be wise to read legally binding documents before signing them, as demonstrated by a Utah voter-registration gaffe that appeared to have him shunning his Republican Party for independent status and using a home address he couldn’t legally claim since 2009.”

The possibility of runoffs in the Senate races in Georgia and Louisiana “has prompted big election spenders, including the National Rifle Association’s political wing and Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, to begin snapping up television advertising time for the period after Nov. 4 and making other plans for what could be weeks of additional frantic campaigning–possibly with control of the Senate hanging in the balance,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“If runoffs are needed, Louisiana would hold one on Dec. 6 and Georgia on Jan. 6.”