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Joe Mackey vs Jim Baird

Safe RR +28.4 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 2 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
1% Mackey (D)
99% Baird (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin R +28.4 · 80% CI R+44.5 → R+12.3 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.7%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 7¢
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Safe R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+15) suggests Safe R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+28.4 with an 80% CI ranging from R+44.5 (10th pctile) to R+12.3 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

Tipping-point probability: 3.7% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.

CITATIONS · safe-r · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +28.4
80% CI: R +44.5R +12.3 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to election118
Residual σ12.56pt
Generated7/7/2026
Compare with other models2 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
R +34.8
80% CI R +42.9 → R +30.5
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
R +14.8
no interval
market-implied

Prediction markets

Consensus · D 7¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
0¢5¢10¢15¢54 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWMay 14Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs cons
Polymarket
Will the Democratic Party win the IN-04 House seat?
7¢93¢+0¢+0

Endorsements · 6 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
1Mackey · 17%
Baird · 83%5
RJim Baird5 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Organizations3
Elected officials2
Federal 2State 0Local 0
DJoe Mackey1 endorser
Most notable · Track AIPAC
Organizations1

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-05-05
Jim BairdH8IN04199 ↗
Receipts
$283.5K
Disburse
$314.7K
Cash on hand
$183.4K
Debts
$210.0K
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Joe MackeyOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$10.3K
Disburse
$7.6K
Cash on hand
$2.7K
Debts
$15.5K
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
$781.7K
D side
$250.0K · 32%
R side
$531.7K · 68%
Top spender
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
For / against split
Against Baird $250.0K
For Baird $531.7K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSR$513.9K66%for Jim Baird
HOMELAND PAC INCD$200.0K26%against Jim Baird
The Oversight ProjectD$50.0K6%against Jim Baird
National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeR$11.8K2%for Jim Baird
PATRIOTIC FUND, INC.R$6.1K1%for Jim Baird

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R4
Cook Political Report
Safe R
Jun 17
Inside Elections
Safe R
Jun 24
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Jun 8
Split Ticket
Safe R
Jun 24

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 5, 2026Safe Rmodel
May 3, 2026Likely Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-05-05
Endorsements8 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks