Races · house · 2026 · Minnesota
house · open seat
Jake Johnson vs Pete Stauber
Where this race stands
VerifiedLean R · model 91% R
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+7) suggests Lean R.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+16.7 with an 80% CI ranging from R+32.8 (10th pctile) to R+0.6 (90th pctile), giving R a 91% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.6% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · lean-r · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +16.7
80% CI: R +32.8 → R +0.6 · win prob 9%
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 models3 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
R +19.3
80% CI R +23.4 → R +13.0
CV MAE 8.51
bayes-v1Bayes / Kalman
R +6.5
80% CI R +9.8 → R +3.2
CV MAE 2.58
consensusMarket-implied
R +6.1
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 25¢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 MN-08 House seat?” | 25¢ | 74¢ | -1¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 3 total
Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet3
Endorsements tracked
Jake Johnson0 · 0%
Pete Stauber3 · 100%
Total3
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
RPete Stauber3 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Organizations2
Organizations · 2
- AIPAC
- Republican Party of Minnesota
Elected officials1
Federal 1State 0Local 0
Elected officials · 1
- Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
DJake Johnson0 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.
IOliver Morlan0 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 2026-02-03Pete StauberH8MN08043 ↗
Receipts
$1.5M
Disburse
$991.4K
Cash on hand
$1.0M
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
$1.1K
D side
$1.1K · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATI…
| Spender | Side | Amount | Share | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY party · boosts D
| D | $1.1K | 100% | against Pete Stauber |
Editorial ratings · 4 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Safe R4
Safe R · 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 RInside Elections
Safe RSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe RSplit Ticket
Safe RDemographic 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.
In the news
14 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
14 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles14
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.21
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift +0.34 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.21
Week-over-weekshift +0.34 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 21%
Neutral 79%
21% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets21%
Neutral79%
R-leaning outlets0%
21% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Rating timeline
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-02-03
Endorsements5 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage14 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks