Early voting for the Nov. 3 election begins today and runs through Oct. 29. You can find information about early voting locations and hours, and also see sample ballots, at KnoxVotes.org.

At a minimum, all Knox County residents have a congressional race and a state legislative race to vote in.

Two of Knox County's three state Senate seats are up this year, along with all of its state House seats.

Here are links to our coverage of local races for U.S. Congress and the state Legislature. (Click on the highlighted words to go to each article.)

The stories have been moved out from behind the paywall and are free to read and share.

U.S. House District 2: Democrat Michaela Barnett is challenging incumbent Rep. Tim Burchett in one of the House of Representatives’ most reliably red strongholds.

State Senate Districts 5 and 7: A rematch for Sen. Richard Briggs and Bryan Langan, and a contest for Lt. Gov. Randy McNally’s open seat.

State House Districts 14, 15, 16 and 90: Two Republican incumbents face opposition, and two Democratic incumbents do not.

State House District 18: In a rematch, Republican incumbent Elaine Davis again faces Democrat Bryan Goldberg.

State House Districts 19 and 89: Two ensconced Republicans seeking their fifth terms face Democrats who say it’s time for a change.