Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Arizona 5th District

Currently held by a Republican · open seat

Democrat
Christopher James
19%
Republican
Daniel Keenan
81%
ForecastLean R
Projected margin
R+10.4
80% range
R+25.5 to D+4.8
Partisan lean
R+19.0
Tipping-point chance
0.50%
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
R+9.8
Blended
R+9.8
Similar-race shift
+0.1
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+19.0
Elasticity
0.96
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+3.0
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+9.9

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