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Races · house · 2020 · Illinois
house · open seat

George Petrilli vs Darin LaHood

Safe RR +27.9 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Petrilli (D)
99% LaHood (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +27.9 · 80% CI R+39.9 → R+15.9
Actual result R+40.8 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Lean D · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+7) suggests Lean D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+27.9 with an 80% CI ranging from R+39.9 (10th pctile) to R+15.9 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · lean-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +27.9
80% CI: R +39.9R +15.9 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+40.8
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 118 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
93Petrilli · 79%
LaHood · 21%25
DGeorge Petrilli93 endorsers
Most notable · Barack Obama · 44th president of the United States
Other43
Elected officials27
Federal 13State 6Local 0
Organizations19
Newspapers3
Celebrity1
RDarin LaHood25 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th president of the United States
Other10
Elected officials7
Federal 7State 0Local 0
Organizations6
Newspapers2

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R3
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Oct 20
Inside Elections
Safe R
Oct 15
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Oct 19

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
Jul 1, 2026Safe Rmodel
May 11, 2026Likely Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingsno filings yet
Endorsements118 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks