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Every election cycle produces a new crop of road warriors as hundreds of reporters across the country pack their bags to cover local, state and national races. Here are their tips for parachuting into major cities, farm country, border towns, wealthy suburbs and more. Jacob Soboroff, MSNBC correspondent Covering the elections requires taking off at a moment’s notice to any part of the country. And he always carries a puffy jacket for planes. Another challenge: packing enough shirts and keeping them ironed. To stay healthy on the road, he tries to eat as many Açaí bowls as possible and drinks juices if he starts feeling sick. “I always keep a colorful scarf in my bag to add some liveliness at the end of a long travel day – and to give an otherwise ordinary travel outfit a more polished finish,” she says. She keeps a sleeping mask in her purse so she can sleep any time she has a change. Because her schedule is so up in the air, she makes sure to have access to vegetables and avoids sugary snacks in order to keep her energy level up. She also carries a thin, flat, foldable purse that her mother gave her that slips over the handle of her suitcase.