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Cleo Fields vs Steve Scalise

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Lean RR +4.3 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 2 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
36% Fields (D)
64% Scalise (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin R +4.3 · 80% CI R+20.4 → D+11.8 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
—
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.7%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 8¢
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
—
no recent coverage
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet

The last rating change here was 4d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.

Where this race stands
Verified

Likely D · model 64% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+8) suggests Likely D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+4.3 with an 80% CI ranging from R+20.4 (10th pctile) to D+11.8 (90th pctile), giving R a 64% chance of winning.

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

CITATIONS · likely-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +4.3
80% CI: R +20.4 → D +11.8 · win prob 36%
R+30R+15TIEDD+15D+30
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to election118
Residual σ12.56pt
Generated7/7/2026
▼ Compare with other models2 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +17.2
80% CI D +11.2 → D +23.9
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
R +14.0
no interval
market-implied

Prediction markets

Consensus · D 8¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
0¢10¢20¢30¢54 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWMay 14Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs cons
Polymarket
“Will the Republican Party win the LA-06 House seat?”
8¢89¢+0¢—+0

Endorsements · 1 total

Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet
1Fields · 100%
DCleo Fields1 endorser
Most notable · Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Organizations1
RSteve Scalise0 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 2026-02-01
Cleo FieldsOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$450.0K
Disburse
$237.8K
Cash on hand
$249.6K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$106.9K
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$106.9K · 100%
Top spender
—
For / against split
For Cassidy $106.9K

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
Jul 2, 2026Lean Rmodel
Jun 23, 2026Likely Rmodel
Jun 20, 2026Lean Rmodel
Jun 14, 2026Likely Rmodel
Jun 11, 2026Tilt Rmodel
Jun 4, 2026Lean Rmodel
+ 2 earlier changes
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-02-01
Endorsements1 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks