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Races · Senate · 2022 · Indiana
Senate · class III · open seat

Thomas McDermott Jr. vs Todd Young

Safe RR +16.4 forecast· 5 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Jr. (D)
99% Young (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +16.4 · 80% CI R+28.4 → R+4.3
Actual result R+20.8 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+9) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+16.4 with an 80% CI ranging from R+28.4 (10th pctile) to R+4.3 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +16.4
80% CI: R +28.4R +4.3 · win prob 1%
R+30R+15TIEDD+15D+30
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used5
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+20.8
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Polling average

5101520253035404550YOUNG 48.5MCDERMOTT 37.9MCDERMOTT 36.8SCENIAK 6.0SEP '22OCT '22NOV '22
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.

All polls · 5 results

strongpositiveinfocautionflag
DatePollster · trust signalsn · popLeanBias · trackvs ratersD · R
Nov 6CiviqsFor · Civiqs707 · LVD-LEAND +2.522 tracked+4.0d lean38 · 49
Nov 5Civiqs707 · unknownD-LEAND +2.522 tracked+4.0d lean49
Sep 25ARW StrategiesFor · IndyPolitics.Org600 · LVNEUTRAL37 · 39
Sep 24ARW Strategies600 · unknownNEUTRAL39
Aug 23Change Research+3For · The Indianapolis Star2,111 · LVD-LEAND +3.718 tracked+5.7noisy42 · 45

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 4 candidates with no endorsements yet
RTodd Young0 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.
DThomas McDermott Jr.0 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.
DEMThomas McDermott0 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.
LJames Sceniak0 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 2022-10-30
Todd YoungS6IN00191 ↗
Receipts
$11.0M
Disburse
$9.6M
Cash on hand
$3.7M
Debts
$0
Insurance$60.5K
Securities & investment$57.1K
Govt employees$27.1K
ANTHEM$36.2K
KKR$34.4K
CAPITAL GROUP$31.2K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS$31.0K
STATE OF INDIANA$27.1K
Thomas McDermott Jr.OWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$1.4M
Disburse
$1.4M
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$0
Govt employees$39.4K
Education$7.3K
Electric utilities$7.2K
CITY OF HAMMOND$31.7K
STRUCTUREPOINT$12.4K
BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP$8.8K
WESTLAND & BENNETT$7.8K
STATE OF INDIANA$7.7K
James SceniakOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$16.2K
Disburse
$17.7K
Cash on hand
$417.92
Debts
$0
No industry data.
UPS$2.6K
NOT PROVIDED$1.5K
VOLUNTEER$1.0K
CHOSE NOT TO PROVIDE$500
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA$225

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$624.7K
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$624.7K · 100%
Top spender
NATIONAL VICTORY AC…
For / against split
For Young $624.7K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUNDR$465.0K74%for Todd Young
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUNDR$104.0K17%for Todd Young
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEER$49.7K8%for Todd Young
CARE ACTION NOW INC.R$5.8K1%for Todd Young
PERFORMANCE RACING INC.R$144.120%for Todd Young

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R6
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Mar 3
DDHQ
Safe R
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe R
Sep 6
538
Safe R
Jul 5
Inside Elections
Safe R
Mar 31
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Feb 28

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 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified3 / 5deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-10-30
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks