Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Minnesota 6th District

Currently held by a Republican · incumbent running

Democrat
Doug Chapin
4%
Republican
Tom Emmer
96%
ForecastLikely R
Projected margin
R+16.1
80% range
R+27.6 to R+4.6
Partisan lean
R+19.2
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+16.0
Blended
R+16.0
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+19.2
Elasticity
0.91
Incumbency
−3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−3.2
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
R+17.0
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
R+20.1
2020 margin
R+18.0
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+2.0
Votes cast, 2024
431,989

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
528,178
Median age
47.8
Median household income
$98,500
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35%
White
87%
Black
4%
Hispanic
3%
Asian
3%

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
Thomas Earl EmmerREP$9.8M$4.5M
Doug ChapinDEM$439k$70k

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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