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Races · house · 2026 · North Carolina
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Richard Ojeda vs Richard Hudson

Safe RR +19.1 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 2 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
6% Ojeda (D)
94% Hudson (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin R +19.1 · 80% CI R+35.2 → R+3.0 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.6%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 14¢
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
3
articles · new
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely 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 +35.2R +3.0 · win prob 6%
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)
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
10¢20¢30¢54 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWMay 14Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs 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 yet
1Ojeda · 33%
Hudson · 67%2
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
Organizations1
DRichard Ojeda1 endorser
Most notable · Patriotic Millionaires
Organizations1

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-03-09
Richard OjedaH6NC09218 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.7M
Cash on hand
$224.3K
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Richard HudsonOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$2.8M
Disburse
$1.9M
Cash on hand
$1.5M
Debts
$0
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
$1.3K
D side
$1.3K · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
Turn Left PAC
For / against split
For Ojeda $1.3K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
Turn Left PACD$1.3K100%for Richard Ojeda

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Likely R1
Safe R3
Cook Political Report
Safe R
Jun 17
Inside Elections
Safe R
Jun 24
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Jun 8
Split Ticket
Likely 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.

In the news

3 shown · last 30d · Google News
News volume · 30d
3 articles · building history
Net favorability
+1.00
Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Coverage tilt
D 100%
100% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Rating timeline
May 5, 2026Safe Rmodel
May 3, 2026Likely Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
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