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Races · house · 2020 · Texas
house · open seat

Sheila Jackson Lee vs Wendell Champion

← Texas houseTexas house →
Safe DD +51.9 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Lee (D)
1% Champion (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +51.9 · 80% CI D+39.9 → D+63.9
Actual result D+49.8 · 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
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no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Safe D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+21) suggests Safe D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+51.9 with an 80% CI ranging from D+39.9 (10th pctile) to D+63.9 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · safe-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +51.9
80% CI: D +39.9 → D +63.9 · win prob 99%
R+100R+50TIEDD+50D+100
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+49.8
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 4 candidates with no endorsements yet
DSheila Jackson Lee0 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.
RWendell Champion0 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.
LLuke Spencer0 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.
IVince Duncan0 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 2020-11-23
Sheila Jackson LeeH4TX18054 ↗
Receipts
$1.1M
Disburse
$875.0K
Cash on hand
$260.0K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Wendell ChampionH0TX18292 ↗
Receipts
$308.5K
Disburse
$274.2K
Cash on hand
$34.4K
Debts
$2.0K
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Luke SpencerOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$989.93
Disburse
$1.1K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$2.5K
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
$36.1K
D side
$36.1K · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
TEXAS ORGANIZING PR…
For / against split
For Lee $36.0K
Against Champion $115.05
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEED$35.0K97%for Sheila Jackson Lee
TOGETHER WE THRIVED$7502%for Sheila Jackson Lee
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$352.261%for Sheila Jackson Lee
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$100%for Sheila Jackson Lee

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D3
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Jul 1
FiveThirtyEight
Safe D
Oct 12
Inside Elections
Safe D
Jun 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 · 2020-11-23
Endorsements—nothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks