paul jacob is a longtime supporter of the ballot measure process. >> what better way, when possible, it than to let the people vote directly on the issues at hand. reporter: sometimes the issues are complicated. this year, for instance, voters could set tax policy in five states and energy policy in three states. jacob admits some ballot measures bring in outside money to states like maine, but says outside money is in order politics, and he says in the end, it's better to give the power to the people rather than the politicians. people who don't like direct democracy don't want the people to be in charge. >> so your opponents say when you limit direct democracy, you are limiting the power of the people. what do you say? >> direct democracy is maine people passing laws that govern maine people. reporter: and not influenced by out-of-state billionaires. in portland, maine, douglas kennedy, fox news. jon: and the fund-raising battle will play a major role who wins the house and senate. chris wallace hosted a panel with two key players, steve stivers and congressman ben ray lieu hahn ch