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Races · house · 2020 · Texas
house · open seat

Sima Ladjevardian vs Dan Crenshaw

Safe RR +21.5 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Ladjevardian (D)
99% Crenshaw (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +21.5 · 80% CI R+33.5 → R+9.5
Actual result R+12.8 · 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

Likely R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+12) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+21.5 with an 80% CI ranging from R+33.5 (10th pctile) to R+9.5 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +21.5
80% CI: R +33.5R +9.5 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+12.8
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 3 candidates with no endorsements yet
RDan Crenshaw0 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.
DSima Ladjevardian0 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.
LElliott Scheirman0 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
Dan CrenshawH8TX02166 ↗
Receipts
$19.5M
Disburse
$17.7M
Cash on hand
$1.9M
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Sima LadjevardianH0TX02106 ↗
Receipts
$3.9M
Disburse
$3.9M
Cash on hand
$7.4K
Debts
$50.0K
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Elliott ScheirmanOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$15.4K
Disburse
$14.3K
Cash on hand
$-941.96
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$1.1M
D side
$720.9K · 66%
R side
$373.6K · 34%
Top spender
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
For / against split
For Ladjevardian $155.0K
Against Crenshaw $565.8K
For Crenshaw $373.6K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
HOUSE MAJORITY PACD$447.5K41%against Dan Crenshaw
CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.R$199.9K18%for Dan Crenshaw
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.R$153.4K14%for Dan Crenshaw
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEED$112.3K10%for Sima Ladjevardian
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)D$92.3K8%against Dan Crenshaw
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)D$36.0K3%against Dan Crenshaw
1199 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUNDD$20.3K2%for Sima Ladjevardian
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACD$10.4K1%for Sima Ladjevardian
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$237.210%for Sima Ladjevardian

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Likely R2
Safe R2
The Cook Political Report
Likely R
Oct 20
FiveThirtyEight
Safe R
Oct 24
Inside Elections
Safe R
Oct 27
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Likely 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
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-11-23
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks