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Races · house · 2020 · Minnesota
house · open seat

Dean Phillips vs Kendall Qualls

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Safe DD +32.7 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Phillips (D)
1% Qualls (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +32.7 · 80% CI D+20.7 → D+44.7
Actual result D+11.3 · 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

Likely D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+11) suggests Likely D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+32.7 with an 80% CI ranging from D+20.7 (10th pctile) to D+44.7 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +32.7
80% CI: D +20.7 → D +44.7 · win prob 99%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+11.3
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
DDean Phillips0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
RKendall Qualls0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-11-20
Kendall QuallsH0MN03124 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.8M
Cash on hand
$112.7K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Dean PhillipsH8MN03143 ↗
Receipts
$2.4M
Disburse
$2.2M
Cash on hand
$218.1K
Debts
$250.0K
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$272.7K
D side
$175.6K · 64%
R side
$97.1K · 36%
Top spender
PLANNED PARENTHOOD …
For / against split
For Phillips $101.5K
Against Qualls $74.1K
Against Phillips $20.0K
For Qualls $77.1K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUNDD$148.7K55%for Dean Phillips
FREEDOM CLUB FEDERAL PACR$65.1K24%for Kendall Qualls
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDR$20.0K7%against Dean Phillips
WORKING AMERICAD$14.2K5%for Dean Phillips
LIUNA MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA/LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTAD$9.1K3%for Dean Phillips
THE GUARDIAN FUNDR$6.9K3%for Kendall Qualls
AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC.R$4.5K2%for Kendall Qualls
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)D$1.3K0%for Dean Phillips
MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PACR$487.310%for Kendall Qualls

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D3
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Jul 16
Inside Elections
Safe D
Jun 1
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Jul 1

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
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-11-20
Endorsements—nothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks