Jane Ann Morrison

Serving on the board of trustees for a nonprofit isn’t exactly risk-free these days. The Internal Revenue Service issued fines of more than $21 million to 40 people from 25 organizations in a crackdown on excessive compensation within charities.

In the nail-biters like the Harry Reid-Sharron Angle race and the Dina Titus-Joe Heck race, the numbers to watch closely are these: How are they polling with those quirky nonpartisan voters?