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Ruth Torres vs Lance Gooden

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Safe RR +37.8 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Torres (D)
99% Gooden (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +37.8 · 80% CI R+49.8 → R+25.8
Actual result R+28.2 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
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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+13) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+37.8 with an 80% CI ranging from R+49.8 (10th pctile) to R+25.8 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +37.8
80% CI: R +49.8 → R +25.8 · win prob 1%
R+60R+30TIEDD+30D+60
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+28.2
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
RLance Gooden0 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.
DRuth Torres0 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 2024-10-23
Lance GoodenH8TX05144 ↗
Receipts
$1.1M
Disburse
$889.5K
Cash on hand
$717.4K
Debts
$0
Top industries
Oil & gas$6.6K
Top contributors
BIOUS$9.9K
CASH STORE$6.6K
UP MANAGEMENT$6.6K
CVC$6.6K
EWING SUBARU$6.6K
Ruth TorresOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$39.3K
Disburse
$39.0K
Cash on hand
$362.97
Debts
$18.0K
Top industries
Real estate$3.0K
Education$220
Top contributors
MARSAW REALTY$3.0K
REGIONAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOC$2.5K
DEMOCRATIC GROUP$2.0K
REZAI HOLDINGS$1.0K
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS$220

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$2.5K
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$2.5K · 100%
Top spender
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSO…
For / against split
For Gooden $2.5K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDR$2.2K88%for Lance Gooden
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PACR$292.3812%for Lance Gooden

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R4
CNalysis
Safe R
Nov 15
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Feb 1
Decision Desk HQ
Safe R
Jun 13
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Feb 22

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 flagged—none
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2024-10-23
Endorsements—nothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks