Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Kansas 4th District

Currently held by a Republican · incumbent running

Democrat
Katy Tyndell
4%
Republican
Ron Estes
96%
ForecastLikely R
Projected margin
R+16.3
80% range
R+27.8 to R+4.8
Partisan lean
R+23.0
Tipping-point chance
0.06%
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
R+16.1
Blended
R+16.1
Similar-race shift
+1.3
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+23.0
Elasticity
0.89
Incumbency
−3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−0.6
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
R+17.4
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
R+23.7
2020 margin
R+22.3
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+1.4
Votes cast, 2024
311,548

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
552,525
Median age
48.6
Median household income
$65,200
Bachelor’s degree or higher
30%
White
73%
Black
8%
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
Ron EstesREP$1.9M$1.8M
Katy TyndellDEM$234k$73k

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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