Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Michigan 10th District

Currently held by a Republican · open seat

Democrat
Christina Hines
52%
Republican
Michael Bouchard Jr.
48%
ForecastTilt D
Projected margin
D+0.5
80% range
R+14.6 to D+15.7
Partisan lean
R+4.9
Tipping-point chance
1.06%
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 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+1.1
Blended
D+1.1
Similar-race shift
+1.0
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
R+4.9
Elasticity
1.02
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−0.3
National environment
D+5.4
Expected margin
Even

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