Texas 32nd District
Currently held by a Republican · open seat · district redrawn for 2026
- Projected margin
- R+11.8
- 80% range
- R+24.4 to D+0.8
- Partisan lean
- R+15.8
- Tipping-point chance
- 0.21%
- 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.
- Polling average
- no polls
- Fundamentals
- R+11.6
- Blended
- R+11.6
- Similar-race shift
- +0.8
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.
- Partisan lean
- R+15.8
- Elasticity
- 1.09
- Incumbency
- 0.0
- Candidate experience
- +0.6
- Fundraising
- −2.9
- National environment
- D+7.1
- Expected margin
- R+12.4
- 2024 margin
- R+18.1
- 2020 margin
- R+10.2
- Shift 2020 → 2024
- R+7.9
- Votes cast, 2024
- 324,173
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.
- Population
- 592,618
- Median age
- 46.5
- Median household income
- $80,900
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 38%
- White
- 52%
- Black
- 14%
- Hispanic
- 22%
- Asian
- 10%
Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.
| Candidate | Party | Raised | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jace Yarbrough | REP | $866k | $125k |
| Dan F. Barrios | DEM | $97k | $6k |
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.