Races · house · 2026 · North Carolina
house · open seat
Richard Ojeda vs Richard Hudson
Where this race stands
VerifiedLikely R · model 94% R
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+8) suggests Likely R.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+19.1 with an 80% CI ranging from R+35.2 (10th pctile) to R+3.0 (90th pctile), giving R a 94% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.6% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · likely-r · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +19.1
80% CI: R +35.2 → R +3.0 · win prob 6%
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 +21.3
80% CI R +32.5 → R +13.3
CV MAE 8.51
bayes-v1Bayes / Kalman
R +4.3
80% CI R +6.9 → R +1.7
CV MAE 2.02
consensusMarket-implied
R +9.9
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 14¢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 NC-09 House seat?” | 14¢ | 81¢ | +1¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 3 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet1
2
Endorsements tracked
Richard Ojeda1 · 33%
Richard Hudson2 · 67%
Total3
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
RRichard Hudson2 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Elected officials1
Federal 1State 0Local 0
Elected officials · 1
- Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Organizations1
Organizations · 1
- AIPAC
DRichard Ojeda1 endorser
Most notable · Patriotic Millionaires
Organizations1
Organizations · 1
- Patriotic Millionaires
Money raised · own committees
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-03-09Richard OjedaH6NC09218 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.7M
Cash on hand
$224.3K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Richard Hudson
Receipts
$2.8M
Disburse
$1.9M
Cash on hand
$1.5M
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
$1.3K
D side
$1.3K · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
Turn Left PAC
| Spender | Side | Amount | Share | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn Left PAC super pac · boosts D
| D | $1.3K | 100% | for Richard Ojeda |
Editorial ratings · 4 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Likely R1
Likely R · 1 rater
- Split Ticket · Jun 24
Safe R3
Safe R · 3 raters
- Cook Political Report · Jun 17
- Inside Elections · Jun 24
- Sabato's Crystal Ball · Jun 8
Cook Political Report
Safe RInside Elections
Safe RSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe RSplit Ticket
Likely 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
3 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
3 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles3
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+1.00
Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+1.00
Week-over-weekfirst week of data
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 100%
100% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets100%
Neutral0%
R-leaning outlets0%
100% of outlets classified by editorial lean
Rating timeline
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-03-09
Endorsements3 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage3 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks