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Races · house · 2022 · Texas
house · open seat

Joaquin Castro vs Kyle Sinclair

Safe DD +27.2 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Castro (D)
1% Sinclair (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +27.2 · 80% CI D+15.2 → D+39.2
Actual result D+36.9 · 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+12) suggests Likely D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+27.2 with an 80% CI ranging from D+15.2 (10th pctile) to D+39.2 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +27.2
80% CI: D +15.2D +39.2 · win prob 99%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+36.9
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 3 candidates with no endorsements yet
DJoaquin Castro0 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.
RKyle Sinclair0 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.
IAdam Jonasz0 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 2022-12-03
Kyle SinclairH2TX20096 ↗
Receipts
$293.1K
Disburse
$291.6K
Cash on hand
$1.5K
Debts
$0
Health professionals$2.9K
AGERON ENERGY$7.8K
SOUTH TEXAS RENAL CENTER$5.0K
PAM HEALTH$4.9K
SENTINEL PEAK CAPITAL PARTNERS$2.9K
21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE, INC$2.9K
Joaquin CastroH2TX35011 ↗
Receipts
$682.1K
Disburse
$635.1K
Cash on hand
$162.7K
Debts
$0
Education$3.0K
AHCV$5.8K
HARTMAN FOUNDATION$5.8K
FAROUK SYSTEMS$5.8K
TUSK HOLDINGS$5.8K
EXILE CONTENT$5.7K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$6.1K
D side
$63.18 · 1%
R side
$6.0K · 99%
Top spender
REAL REPUBLICAN REF…
For / against split
For Castro $63.18
For Sinclair $6.0K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
REAL REPUBLICAN REFORM PACR$6.0K98%for Kyle Sinclair
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PACR$28.420%for Kyle Sinclair
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTESD$22.50%for Joaquin Castro
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACD$220%for Joaquin Castro
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$100%for Joaquin Castro
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$8.680%for Joaquin Castro

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D6
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Oct 24
DDHQ
Safe D
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe D
Sep 27
538
Safe D
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe D
Nov 14
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Nov 10

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 flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-12-03
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks