A Democratic grassroots organization seeking to conduct at least 500,000 substantive conversations with voters across the battleground map this year said it is expanding its list of targets to more than 60 contested congressional and state races.

Some 4,000-plus spectators who are lucky enough, cunning enough or rich enough will score a seat to the UFC fight on the South Lawn next month.

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