Gil Cisneros didn’t just amble into the final weekend of the midterm election. He ran.

The Nov. 6. midterm elections are shaping up as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency, and California is one of the main battlefields as Democrats try to seize control of the House.

The party that holds the presidency typically plays defense in a midterm vote, but Trump’s unpopularity in much of California is driving an extraordinary surge of voter hostility toward Republicans.

Democratic candidates here are raising staggering sums of money, driven mostly by increased enthusiasm by donors on the left and aided by ActBlue, the online fundraising platform for progressive candidates.

The midterm is fast approaching. How many races are actually competitive? Which polls should you trust? And why is California so important this year? Here’s what you need to know before the Nov. 6 election.

Republicans currently control the Senate 51-49.

A record number of women are running for the U.S. House, Senate and state legislatures this year — more than any other election in U.S. history.

A few short years ago, Kim Adams couldn’t have told you the name of her representative in Congress.