Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Texas 12th District

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

Democrat
Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman
1%
Republican
Craig Goldman
99%
ForecastSafe R
Projected margin
R+20.8
80% range
R+32.4 to R+9.3
Partisan lean
R+22.3
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+20.6
Blended
R+20.6
Similar-race shift
+1.3
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
R+22.3
Elasticity
1.04
Incumbency
−1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−4.1
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
R+21.9
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
R+24.1
2020 margin
R+18.0
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+6.2
Votes cast, 2024
314,205

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
574,244
Median age
45.0
Median household income
$74,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
30%
White
54%
Black
10%
Hispanic
30%
Asian
4%

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
Craig GoldmanREP$1.8M$1.5M
Kenneth Morgan-aguileraDEM$10k$0

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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