Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC
To election day72 days
Simulations200,000

Arizona 1st District

Currently held by a Republican · open seat

Democrat
Amish Shah
56%
Republican
Jay Feely
44%
ForecastTilt D
Projected margin
D+1.8
80% range
R+13.3 to D+16.9
Partisan lean
R+1.6
Tipping-point chance
1.08%
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+2.5
Blended
D+2.5
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+1.6
Elasticity
0.99
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
+0.2
Fundraising
−0.1
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
D+3.8

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