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Races · house · 2024 · New Jersey
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house · open seat

Sue Altman vs Thomas Kean Jr.

Likely RR +12.7 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
2% Altman (D)
98% Jr. (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +12.7 · 80% CI R+24.7 → R+0.7
Actual result R+5.4 · 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

Tossup · model 98% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+0) suggests Tossup.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+12.7 with an 80% CI ranging from R+24.7 (10th pctile) to R+0.7 (90th pctile), giving R a 98% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · tossup
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +12.7
80% CI: R +24.7R +0.7 · win prob 2%
R+30R+15TIEDD+15D+30
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+5.4
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
RThomas Kean Jr.0 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.
DSue Altman0 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 2024-12-19
Sue AltmanH4NJ07107 ↗
Receipts
$6.3M
Disburse
$6.2M
Cash on hand
$11.0K
Debts
$0
Education$41.6K
Internet$17.8K
Lawyers / law firms$8.9K
GOOGLE$17.8K
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$16.5K
THORLABS$13.2K
PAUL WEISS$10.9K
INSIGHT PARTNERS$9.9K
Thomas Kean Jr.H0NJ07261 ↗
Receipts
$6.0M
Disburse
$6.1M
Cash on hand
$48.3K
Debts
$7.3K
No industry data.
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS,$13.2K
TC SERVICES$13.2K
ULINE$13.2K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES$13.2K
VETERANS GUARDIAN$13.2K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$21.5M
D side
$11.4M · 53%
R side
$10.1M · 47%
Top spender
HMP
For / against split
For Altman $5.4M
Against Jr. $6.0M
Against Altman $9.2M
For Jr. $923.9K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
HMPD$8.3M39%against Thomas Kean Jr.
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDR$8.0M37%against Sue Altman
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACD$1.7M8%for Sue Altman
AMERICA PACR$1.0M5%against Sue Altman
LCV VICTORY FUNDD$600.0K3%for Sue Altman
JERSEY REALR$292.1K1%for Thomas Kean Jr.
NRDC ACTION VOTESD$109.7K1%against Thomas Kean Jr.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEER$103.7K0%for Thomas Kean Jr.

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Tilt R2
Lean R4
CNalysis
Tilt R
Nov 15
Cook Political Report
Lean R
Oct 7
Decision Desk HQ
Lean R
Oct 6
Elections Daily
Lean R
Nov 3
Inside Elections
Tilt R
Sep 14
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Lean R
Sep 25

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
Jun 22, 2026Likely Rmodel
May 11, 2026Tilt Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2024-12-19
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks