Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

North Carolina 12th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Alma Adams
>99.9%
Republican
John Codiga
<0.1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+53.9
80% range
D+40.0 to D+67.8
Partisan lean
D+48.4
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 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+54.5
Blended
D+54.5
Similar-race shift
−2.1
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+48.4
Elasticity
0.97
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+2.6
National environment
D+5.4
Expected margin
D+56.6

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