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Races · Senate · 2024 · Rhode Island
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Senate · class I · open seat

Sheldon Whitehouse vs Patricia Morgan

Safe DD +19.6 forecast· 6 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Whitehouse (D)
1% Morgan (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +19.6 · 80% CI D+7.6 → D+31.6
Actual result D+20.1 · 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 D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+8) suggests Likely D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+19.6 with an 80% CI ranging from D+7.6 (10th pctile) to D+31.6 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +19.6
80% CI: D +7.6D +31.6 · win prob 99%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · high
Polls used6
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+20.1
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Polling average

2025303540455055WHITEHOUSE 53.5MORGAN 37.5SEP '24OCT '24NOV '24
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.

All polls · 6 results

strongpositiveinfocautionflag
DatePollster · trust signalsn · popLeanBias · trackvs ratersD · R
Nov 1University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire708 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned54 · 40
Sep 19Embold Research876 · LVNEUTRAL52 · 36
Sep 17MassINC Polling GroupFor · Rhode Island Current800 · LVNEUTRAL-1.3aligned52 · 37
Sep 15University of New Hampshire+1For · University of New Hampshire683 · LVNEUTRALR +0.912 tracked+0.3aligned51 · 33
Sep 7University of Rhode Island500 · ANEUTRAL52 · 24
Jun 13Embold Research1,405 · LVNEUTRAL48

Endorsements · 13 total

Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet
13Whitehouse · 100%
DSheldon Whitehouse13 endorsers
Most notable · Gabby Giffords · U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district (2007–2012)
Organizations10
Other2
Elected officials1
Federal 1State 0Local 0
RPatricia Morgan0 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 2024-11-08
Patricia MorganS4RI00085 ↗
Receipts
$296.2K
Disburse
$296.5K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$41.6K
Education$4.9K
Real estate$2.0K
Health professionals$2.0K
NATIONAL REFRIGERATION INC$6.2K
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$4.9K
CASH$3.7K
INTERACTIVE BROKER GROUP$3.3K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS$3.3K
Sheldon WhitehouseS6RI00221 ↗
Receipts
$4.9M
Disburse
$4.9M
Cash on hand
$1.3M
Debts
$0
Lawyers / law firms$74.3K
Securities & investment$13.2K
Education$10.8K
COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP$43.8K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES$16.1K
CHISHOLM CHISHOLM & KILPATRICK$14.7K
COTCHETT PITRE & MCCARTHY LLP$14.4K
KOREIN TILLERY$13.2K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$727.6K
D side
$346.2 · 0%
R side
$727.3K · 100%
Top spender
ROOSEVELT SOCIETY A…
For / against split
For Whitehouse $346.2
Against Whitehouse $159.8K
For Morgan $567.5K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
ROOSEVELT SOCIETY ACTIONR$727.3K100%for Patricia Morgan
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUNDD$336.20%for Sheldon Whitehouse
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$100%for Sheldon Whitehouse

Editorial ratings · 9 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D9
CNalysis
Safe D
Nov 20
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Nov 8
Decision Desk HQ / The Hill
Safe D
Jun 7
Elections Daily
Safe D
May 3
538
Safe D
Oct 22
Inside Elections
Safe D
Nov 8
RealClearPolitics
Safe D
Aug 4
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Nov 8
Split Ticket
Safe D
Oct 22

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 Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified6 / 6deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2024-11-08
Endorsements13 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks