WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of speculating, pontificating and spinning, the midterm election season begins in earnest Tuesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside an old Craftsman on the northern end of California's Sacramento valley, Audrey Denney is spending the day on the phone - calling constituent after constituent to discuss rising healthcare costs, wildfire insurance premiums and cuts to benefits - and to solicit donations.