Election Night will be a frenzy of returns, predictions and analysis. While all eyes will be on the Race for the White House, don’t forget that there will be many tight races that will determine the make-up of Congress and control of the House and the Senate. So when you’re watching news coverage on Election Night, we’d like to point you to a few interesting races that will be worth watching. For the time being we’ll start with the House of Representatives.

House Democrats publicly say that they can close their 12-seat deficit and some optimists say the potential is there to retake the House. House Republicans say that is foolish, but if all of the Democrats’ planets are aligned, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat of San Francisco, could become the first woman Speaker of the House. So while the Democrats may pick up seats, it is probably unlikely they will clinch the majority.

The ‘Texas 5’: Texas Republicans, led by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, successfully had the Lone State State’s Congressional district lines redrawn to help elect more GOP members to the state’s House delegation in Washington. While Democrats tried to thwart the plan (by fleeing across state lines to Oklahoma and New Mexico to deny a quorum in Austin), the plan made it through endangering five Democratic incumbents: Charlie Stemholm, Max Sandlin, Chet Edwards, Martin Frost and Nick Lampson. (Edwards is seen as having the best shot at fighting off a GOP challengers, but the rest could be doomed.) The race member-vs.-member race between Frost and Pete Sessions is worth watching for two reasons: (1) It will be one of the most expensive House races in history, and (2) Frost’s defeat would be viewed as a personal victory for Majority Leader DeLay, as they are enemies. If Frost wins, DeLay, who was recently admonished twice by the House ethics committee, will have egg on his face.