Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

New Jersey 11th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Analilia Mejia
99%
Republican
Joe Hathaway
1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+21.5
80% range
D+10.0 to D+33.0
Partisan lean
D+10.5
Tipping-point chance
0.15%
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+21.7
Blended
D+21.7
Similar-race shift
−2.4
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+10.5
Elasticity
1.12
Incumbency
+3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+1.7
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+24.1
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+7.9
2020 margin
D+17.0
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+9.1
Votes cast, 2024
394,595

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
609,524
Median age
50.5
Median household income
$130,500
Bachelor’s degree or higher
58%
White
64%
Black
8%
Hispanic
15%
Asian
12%

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
Analilia MejiaDEM$1.8M$27k
Joe HathawayREP$658k$5k

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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