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Races · house · 2022 · Texas
house · open seat

Claudia Zapata vs Chip Roy

Safe RR +23.6 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Zapata (D)
99% Roy (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +23.6 · 80% CI R+35.6 → R+11.6
Actual result R+25.7 · 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+11) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+23.6 with an 80% CI ranging from R+35.6 (10th pctile) to R+11.6 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +23.6
80% CI: R +35.6R +11.6 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+25.7
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
RChip Roy0 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.
DClaudia Zapata0 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
Receipts
$2.3M
Disburse
$1.6M
Cash on hand
$1.2M
Debts
$0
No industry data.
FRONTIER TRUCK GEAR$17.4K
BENNETT VENTURES LP$11.6K
SAULSBURY$11.6K
GOLDCREST CAPITAL$9.3K
SELF (FOR TARA)$9.3K
Claudia ZapataOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$118.2K
Disburse
$101.7K
Cash on hand
$16.5K
Debts
$0
Restaurants & drinking$1.0K
Oil & gas$600
Govt employees$600
Electric utilities$500
NG INVESTMENTS$4.9K
PIONEER WEALTH$1.0K
VINNYS ITALIAN RESTAURANT$1.0K
WIPRO$1.0K
HH OIL TOOLS INC.$600

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$135.5K
D side
$655.91 · 0%
R side
$134.9K · 100%
Top spender
AMERICANS FOR PROSP…
For / against split
Against Roy $655.91
For Roy $134.9K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONR$65.2K48%for Chip Roy
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEER$50.0K37%for Chip Roy
GOA VICTORY FUNDR$8.7K6%for Chip Roy
CLUB FOR GROWTH PACR$7.7K6%for Chip Roy
HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDR$2.8K2%for Chip Roy

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R6
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Oct 24
DDHQ
Safe R
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe R
Sep 27
538
Safe R
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe R
Nov 14
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
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 Rmodel
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