(FORTUNE Magazine) – If you're from most states, figuring out where your Senate candidates stand on the local issues may be relatively simple. If you're from Wisconsin, you consider their positions on the dairy industry. In Texas, you look at oil. But in New York, where the local industry is Wall Street and Hillary Clinton competes with Rick Lazio, voters will have a much tougher time. First, they'll have to decide which of the candidates' dubious securities trades smells worse.

--Carol Vinzant