Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Georgia 6th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Lucia McBath
>99.9%
Republican
Kevin Martin
<0.1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+56.9
80% range
D+45.4 to D+68.4
Partisan lean
D+50.6
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 >99.9%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+57.1
Blended
D+57.1
Similar-race shift
−2.0
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+50.6
Elasticity
0.88
Incumbency
+3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.0
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+59.1
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+50.3
2020 margin
D+50.1
Shift 2020 → 2024
D+0.3
Votes cast, 2024
375,844

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
593,690
Median age
44.2
Median household income
$82,100
Bachelor’s degree or higher
47%
White
33%
Black
52%
Hispanic
11%
Asian
4%

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
Lucia Kay Ms. McbathDEM$897k$676k
Justin PinkerREP$16k$1k

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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