Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Ohio 10th District

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

Democrat
Kristina Knickerbocker
44%
Republican
Mike Turner
56%
ForecastTilt R
Projected margin
R+1.2
80% range
R+12.7 to D+10.3
Partisan lean
R+7.0
Tipping-point chance
1.03%
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+1.0
Blended
R+1.0
Similar-race shift
+0.5
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+7.0
Elasticity
0.91
Incumbency
−1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−0.3
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
R+1.5
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
R+7.9
2020 margin
R+5.9
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+2.0
Votes cast, 2024
379,147

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
614,280
Median age
49.7
Median household income
$65,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
31%
White
74%
Black
17%
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
Michael R Rep. TurnerREP$895k$556k
Kristina KnickerbockerDEM$363k$125k

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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