Here's tonight's run-down on the Congressional races.Minnesota GOP Accused Of Playing Up Racial Angle In House Race Now this is awkward. The Minnesota Dems are circulating this tracker video of a state GOP press conference from Tuesday, in which reporters asked some very tough questions about wether the party was using race as an issue in saying that their House candidate Erik Paulsen better fits the "demographic" of the district than Democrat Ashwin Madia, who is Indian-American:"I'm just saying from a demographic standpoint, Erik Paulsen fits the district very well," said state party chairman Ron Carey. A spokesperson for the state party declined to speak to Election Central when approached for comment.Endangered GOP Senator Links Himself To Ted Kennedy In New Ad Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), who has fallen behind in the polls against Democrat Jeff Merkley in this blue state, has this new ad touting his support for gay rights -- and his work with Ted Kennedy on the issue:Smith has previously run ads tying himself in with Barack Obama and John Kerry -- the latter of whom he'd previously called a socialist back in 2004. Poll: Dems Could Pick Up Deep-Red New Mexico House Seat A new Research 2000 poll in the deep-red Second District in New Mexico finds Harry Teague (D) leading Ed Tinsley (R) for the open seat of Rep. Steve Pearce (R), who is running for the Senate. The numbers: Teague 47%, Tinsley 43%, with a ±5% margin of error. Dems would love to win this for two big reasons: It's a district that has been in GOP hands since 1980, and furthermore Tinsley is an ultra-conservative candidate who said at a debate that the anti-Iraq War Teague wants to cut our soldiers' throats.Poll: Shaheen Retakes Lead In New Hampshire Senate Race A new Rasmussen poll shows Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) leading incumbent Sen. John Sununu (R) 50%-45%, a big turnaround from last week's Rasmussen poll showing Sununu with a seven-point lead. It's possible that last week's poll was simply a fluke, a...