The paper I wrote for had a large insert with bios and platforms of every candidate running for local office last week. We've also been writing about the election for weeks, covering every state house and senate district in our coverage area plus school committee and town council races. I'm completley exhausted and can't wait for Tuesday to be over.
Hopefully you live in a town with a solid paper that actually has the resources and time to cover the election properly. Unfortunatley, the way the industry is going, I realize that the company I work for (privately owned, profitable) is a rarity. Good luck.