Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

New Jersey 10th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Lamonica McIver
>99.9%
Republican
Carmen Bucco
<0.1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+72.8
80% range
D+61.4 to D+84.3
Partisan lean
D+52.6
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+73.1
Blended
D+73.1
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+52.6
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
+3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.2
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+75.2
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+48.7
2020 margin
D+63.0
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+14.3
Votes cast, 2024
254,100

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
597,968
Median age
46.4
Median household income
$68,100
Bachelor’s degree or higher
31%
White
20%
Black
53%
Hispanic
20%
Asian
8%

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
Lamonica MciverDEM$2.1M$814k
Carmen BuccoREP$2k$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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