Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC
To election day71 days
Simulations200,000

Florida 14th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Kathy Castor
56%
Republican
Mike Beltran
44%
ForecastTilt D
Projected margin
D+1.5
80% range
R+12.3 to D+15.4
Partisan lean
R+8.3
Tipping-point chance
1.20%
Uncertainty multiplier
1.80×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Fundamentals 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+2.1
Blended
D+2.1
Similar-race shift
+0.1
Polling

No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.

Fundamentals
Partisan lean
R+8.3
Elasticity
1.08
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+3.9
National environment
D+5.4
Expected margin
D+2.1

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