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(WGHP) — The midterm election is just days away, so we called in the reinforcements to help make sense of it all for this special episode of “Swing State.”

Michael Bitzer, known on Twitter under the name @BowTiePolitics, is a professor of politics and history at Catawba College and chair of the Catawba College Politics Department. He is also the author of “Redistricting & Gerrymandering in North Carolina.”

Bitzer joins Mark Walker and Odell Cleveland as we cross the aisle in “Swing State,” FOX8’s North Carolina political program.

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Mark was your Republican congressman for six years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Odell is a Democratic activist and the founder of the Welfare Reform Liason Project.

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Mark and Odell are both pastors, but they have different politics and beliefs. On “Swing State,” they come together to hash out the issues of the day from both sides of the aisle.

Watch the full Oct. 30 episode in the video player above and catch “Swing State” at 11 p.m. EST on Sundays, only on FOX8.