Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

New Jersey 12th District

Currently held by a Democrat · open seat

Democrat
Adam Hamawy
99.7%
Republican
Gregg Mele
0.3%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+37.5
80% range
D+22.4 to D+52.6
Partisan lean
D+26.7
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+38.1
Blended
D+38.1
Similar-race shift
−2.3
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+26.7
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.3
National environment
D+5.4
Expected margin
D+40.4

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