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Hillary Scholten vs Ryan Cushman

Likely DD +15.0 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 4 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
88% Scholten (D)
12% Cushman (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin D +15.0 · 80% CI R+1.1 → D+31.1 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.8%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 89¢
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 0d 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

Safe D · model 88% D

With limited polling, prediction markets imply Safe D (D win prob 89%, market-derived).

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+15.0 with an 80% CI ranging from R+1.1 (10th pctile) to D+31.1 (90th pctile), giving D a 88% chance of winning.

Tipping-point probability: 3.8% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.

CITATIONS · safe-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +15.0
80% CI: R +1.1D +31.1 · win prob 88%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to election118
Residual σ12.56pt
Generated7/7/2026
Compare with other models3 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +8.9
80% CI D +5.5 → D +20.3
CV MAE 8.51
bayes-v1Bayes / Kalman
R +1.3
80% CI R +3.3 → D +0.7
CV MAE 1.58
consensusMarket-implied
D +11.6
no interval
market-implied

Prediction markets

Consensus · D 89¢2 platformsupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
50¢60¢70¢80¢90¢100¢370 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWJul 2Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs cons
Polymarket
Will the Republican Party win the MI-03 House seat?
89¢9¢+0¢+0
Kalshi
MI-03 House winner?
89¢10¢+0¢$0K+0

Endorsements · 10 total

Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet
10Scholten · 100%
DHillary Scholten10 endorsers
Most notable · AIPAC
Organizations10
RRyan Cushman0 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 2026-02-25
Hillary ScholtenH0MI03316 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.0M
Cash on hand
$1.2M
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Ryan CushmanOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$15.2K
Disburse
$15.2K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$15.2K
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
$133.33
D side
$133.33 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
GIVEGREEN UNITED AC…
For / against split
For Scholten $133.33
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIOND$133.33100%for Hillary Scholten

Editorial ratings · 5 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D4
Likely D1
Cook Political Report
Safe D
Jun 17
The Economist
Safe D
May 21
Inside Elections
Likely D
Jun 24
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Jun 8
Split Ticket
Safe D
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 6, 2026Likely Dmodel
Jul 3, 2026Safe Dmodel
Jul 2, 2026Likely Dmodel
Jun 26, 2026Safe Dmodel
Jun 4, 2026Likely Dmodel
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
+ 2 earlier changes
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested2 platformsupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-02-25
Endorsements10 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks