Good Tuesday morning, I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing, sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

It's Election Day in Virginia, New Jersey. The Richmond Times Dispatch puts it into perspective.

The paper writes, Republicans hope to end Democrats' winning streak in statewide races.

No Republican has been elected to statewide office since Bob McDonald led a GOP sweep in 2009.

Democrats hope to cut into Republicans' majority in the House of Delegates.

Republicans now hold 66 seats in Democrats 34.

Maggie Severance and Kevin Robillard have a story in Politico magazine about how Democrats

in Virginia are seen as the Petri dish as they try to take back power in the lower

house in Virginia.

Politico scooped this morning, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's aide served on the

board of Navigator Holdings, a shipping company whose clients include a Russian energy company with

ties to the Kremlin. Let's get you caught up on President Donald Trump abroad. He said he'll be

meeting with various generals about the North Korea situation. Before meeting with the South Korean

President, Trump noted that he would be talking about trade.

He also said that he thinks it's time for North Korea to come to the table and cut a deal for them and the world. Situational awareness, Vice President Mike Pence is on the Hill today for the

Senate Republican lunch and meetings with other Republican leaders. Sungman, Kim, and Heather Kagle

have the story on Republicans shrugging off gun control after the latest mass

shooting. The focus on Capitol Hill is tax reform. Thielmeyer has a piece up about how tax lobbyists

are in a sprint to try and change the House Republican bill. Nancy Cook has the scoop on

business roundtable launching a multi-million dollar ad buy to push tax reform. Rachel Bade has

a story about multiple former female aid to Representative Brenda Lawrence

saying they were harassed or demeaned by her chief of staff.

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