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Steven Shook vs Brandon Gill

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Safe RR +23.4 forecast · 3 months 27 days to election· 0 polls · 2 marketsMarkets 11h agoRating today
Live model · win probabilityupdated 11h ago · poliagg-v34
3% Shook (D)
97% Gill (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Predicted final margin R +23.4 · 80% CI R+39.5 → R+7.3 · 3 months 27 days to election
Momentum
—
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
3.6%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
D 10¢
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
—
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely R · model 97% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+11) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+23.4 with an 80% CI ranging from R+39.5 (10th pctile) to R+7.3 (90th pctile), giving R a 97% 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 +23.4
80% CI: R +39.5 → R +7.3 · win prob 3%
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)
R +26.7
80% CI R +32.5 → R +19.3
CV MAE 8.51
consensusMarket-implied
R +12.5
no interval
market-implied

Prediction markets

Consensus · D 10¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
5¢10¢15¢54 DAYS · D YES PRICENOWMay 14Jul 7
Per-platform · current
PlatformD YESR YES7d ΔVolvs cons
Polymarket
“Will the Republican Party win the TX-26 House seat?”
10¢90¢+0¢—+0

Endorsements · 5 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
1Shook · 20%
Gill · 80%4
RBrandon Gill4 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Elected officials2
Federal 1State 1Local 0
Organizations2
DSteven Shook1 endorser
Most notable · Track AIPAC
Organizations1

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2026-03-31
Brandon GillH4TX26149 ↗
Receipts
$3.1M
Disburse
$2.2M
Cash on hand
$1.0M
Debts
$60.9K
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Steven ShookOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$12.2K
Disburse
$11.2K
Cash on hand
$1.2K
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 reports
IE total
$1.1K
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$1.1K · 100%
Top spender
FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND
For / against split
For Gill $1.1K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDR$1.0K95%for Brandon Gill
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PACR$53.715%for Brandon Gill

Editorial ratings · 4 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R4
Cook Political Report
Safe R
Jun 17
Inside Elections
Safe R
Jun 24
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Jun 8
Split Ticket
Safe 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.
Rating timeline
May 5, 2026Safe Rmodel
May 3, 2026Likely Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-03-31
Endorsements6 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks