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Races · Senate · 2024 · Maine
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Senate · class I · open seat

David Costello vs Demi Kouzounas

Safe RR +18.6 forecast· 5 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% Costello (D)
99% Kouzounas (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +18.6 · 80% CI R+30.6 → R+6.7
Actual result Angus King +17.4 · 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

Tilt D · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+2) suggests Tilt D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+18.6 with an 80% CI ranging from R+30.6 (10th pctile) to R+6.7 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · tilt-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +18.6
80% CI: R +30.6R +6.7 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used5
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultAngus King +17.4
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Polling average

51015202530354045505560KING 52.1KOUZOUNAS 30.8COSTELLO 7.7APR '24JUL '24NOV '24
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.

All polls · 5 results

strongpositiveinfocautionflag
DatePollster · trust signalsn · popLeanBias · trackvs ratersD · R
Nov 1University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire1,485 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned7 · 35
Oct 28SurveyUSA+1For · SurveyUSA1,079 · LVNEUTRALD +0.194 tracked-0.5aligned8 · 28
Sep 14Pan Atlantic Research+1812 · LVNEUTRAL+6.9decoupled8 · 23
Aug 18University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire951 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned9 · 33
Apr 29Digital Research609 · RVNEUTRAL12 · 28

Endorsements · 2 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
Kouzounas · 100%2
RDemi Kouzounas2 endorsers
Most notable · Paul LePage · Former Governor of Maine (2011–2019)
Elected officials2
Federal 1State 1Local 0
IAngus King0 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.
DDavid Costello0 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 2024-10-18
Angus KingS2ME00109 ↗
Receipts
$5.4M
Disburse
$5.4M
Cash on hand
$238.7K
Debts
$0
Internet$18.3K
Lawyers / law firms$13.2K
Computers / electronics$13.2K
BERNSTEIN SHUR$18.8K
GOOGLE$18.3K
GENERAL DYNAMICS$15.8K
COONEY & CONWAY$14.2K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES$13.2K
Demi KouzounasOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$1.0M
Disburse
$1.0M
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$640.3K
Publishing / news$6.6K
Real estate$3.0K
DUNSTAN DENTAL CENTER$19.8K
CARBUTTI & CO$13.2K
PHOENIX BANK DEVELOPMENT$12.0K
RDR INC$6.6K
US POSTAL SERVICE$6.6K
David CostelloOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$111.3K
Disburse
$111.6K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$0
Lawyers / law firms$1.3K
Education$500
TV / movies / music$250
THE QUINLAN LAW PIRM LLP$1.0K
SINGLE SOURCING SOLUTIONS$700
DOT QUALITY SERVICES$500
BALTIMORE COUNTY$250
NBC SPORTS GROUP$250

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$0
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO…
For / against split
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEI$49.1K0%for Angus King
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONI$100%for Angus King

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
Jun 22, 2026Safe Rmodel
May 15, 2026Likely Rmodel
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified5 / 5deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2024-10-18
Endorsements2 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks