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Frank Pallone vs Hillary Herzig

Safe DD +17.8 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 2 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
92% Pallone (D)
8% Herzig (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin D +17.8 · 80% CI D+1.7 → D+33.9 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.8%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 94¢
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
10
articles · new
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet

The last rating change here was 22d 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

Lean D · model 92% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+5) suggests Lean D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+17.8 with an 80% CI ranging from D+1.7 (10th pctile) to D+33.9 (90th pctile), giving D a 92% chance of winning.

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

CITATIONS · lean-d · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +17.8
80% CI: D +1.7D +33.9 · win prob 92%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to election118
Residual σ12.56pt
Generated7/7/2026
Compare with other models2 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
D +12.6
80% CI D +7.8 → D +20.9
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
D +15.4
no interval
market-implied

Prediction markets

Consensus · D 94¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
80¢85¢90¢95¢100¢54 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWMay 14Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs cons
Polymarket
Will the Democratic Party win the NJ-06 House seat?
94¢3¢+0¢+0

Endorsements · 15 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
12Pallone · 80%
Herzig · 20%3
DFrank Pallone12 endorsers
Most notable · Mikie Sherrill · governor of New Jersey (2026–present)
Organizations10
Elected officials1
Federal 0State 1Local 0
Other1
RHillary Herzig3 endorsers
Most notable · New Jersey · Right to Life PAC
Other2
Organizations1

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-01-09
Frank PalloneH8NJ03073 ↗
Receipts
$2.0M
Disburse
$1.8M
Cash on hand
$3.3M
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.
Hillary HerzigOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$5.0K
Disburse
$3.3K
Cash on hand
$1.7K
Debts
$2.5K
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
$10
D side
$10 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
SIERRA CLUB INDEPEN…
For / against split
For Pallone $10
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$10100%for Frank Pallone

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D4
Cook Political Report
Safe D
Jun 17
Inside Elections
Safe 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.

In the news

10 shown · last 30d · Google News
News volume · 30d
10 articles · building history
Net favorability
+0.60
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift +0.33 wk
Coverage tilt
D 60%
Neutral 40%
60% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Rating timeline
Jun 14, 2026Safe Dmodel
Jun 4, 2026Likely Dmodel
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
May 5, 2026Likely Dmodel
May 3, 2026Lean Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-01-09
Endorsements23 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage10 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks