Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 days
Simulations200,000

Florida 24th District

Currently held by a Democrat · open seat · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Oliver Gilbert
>99.9%
Republican
Te Brown
<0.1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+60.8
80% range
D+48.2 to D+73.4
Partisan lean
D+43.9
Uncertainty multiplier
2.01×

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 >99.9%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+61.0
Blended
D+61.0
Similar-race shift
−0.6
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
D+43.9
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.1
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+61.6
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+39.1
2020 margin
D+56.9
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+17.8
Votes cast, 2024
278,540

Presidential results reaggregated onto the 2026 district lines. This is where the seat’s partisan lean comes from, and it carries most of the forecast in a race nobody has polled.

Who lives hereCensus ACS
Population
605,907
Median age
46.8
Median household income
$52,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22%
White
12%
Black
48%
Hispanic
41%
Asian
2%

Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.

Campaign fundraisingFEC filings to Invalid Date
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Oliver G. GilbertDEM$812k$229k
Te BrownREP$313k$299k

Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.

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