Races · house · 2026 · Maryland
house · open seat
Johnny Olszewski vs Dave Wallace
Where this race stands
VerifiedLikely D · model 97% D
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+10) suggests Likely D.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+22.8 with an 80% CI ranging from D+6.7 (10th pctile) to D+38.9 (90th pctile), giving D a 97% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.8% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · likely-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +22.8
80% CI: D +6.7 → D +38.9 · win prob 97%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
| Polls used | 0 |
| Days to election | 118 |
| Residual σ | 12.56pt |
| Generated | 7/7/2026 |
▼ Compare with other models2 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +20.0
80% CI D +13.0 → D +24.8
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
D +16.4
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 95¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
Per-platform · current
| Platform | D YES | R YES | 7d Δ | Vol | vs cons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket “Will the Democratic Party win the MD-02 House seat?” | 95¢ | 6¢ | +2¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 18 total
Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet18
Endorsements tracked
Johnny Olszewski18 · 100%
Dave Wallace0 · 0%
Total18
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
DJohnny Olszewski18 endorsers
Most notable · Wes Moore · Maryland governor (2023–present)
Organizations16
Organizations · 16
- AFL-CIO · d State & DC AFL-CIO
- AIPAC
- American Federation of Government Employees
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees · Council 3
- Association of Flight Attendants
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- Humane World Action Fund
- International Franchise Association
- J Street
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
- League of Conservation Voters · Action Fund
- National Education Association
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Service Employees International Union · Local 500
- Sierra Club
Elected officials1
Federal 0State 1Local 0
Elected officials · 1
- Wes Moore · Maryland governor (2023–present)
Newspapers1
Newspapers · 1
- Baltimore Afro-American
RDave Wallace0 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 2025-10-01Johnny OlszewskiH4MD02232 ↗
Receipts
$962.2K
Disburse
$516.1K
Cash on hand
$612.7K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Dave Wallace
Receipts
$16.5K
Disburse
$16.0K
Cash on hand
$512.84
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 reportsIE total
$10
D side
$10 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
SIERRA CLUB INDEPEN…
| Spender | Side | Amount | Share | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION super pac · boosts D
| D | $10 | 100% | for Johnny Olszewski |
Editorial ratings · 4 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Safe D4
Safe D · 4 raters
- Cook Political Report · Jun 17
- Inside Elections · Jun 24
- Sabato's Crystal Ball · Jun 8
- Split Ticket · Jun 24
Cook Political Report
Safe DInside Elections
Safe DSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe DSplit Ticket
Safe DDemographic crosstabs
age · education · race · genderNo 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
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2025-10-01
Endorsements18 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks