Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Idaho — U.S. Senate

Currently held by a Republican · incumbent running

Democrat
(No Democrat)
0.0%
Republican
Jim Risch
100.0%
ForecastSafe R
Projected margin
R+39.8
80% range
R+53.6 to R+25.9
Partisan lean
R+35.8
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 100.0%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
R+39.2
Blended
R+39.2
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+35.8
Elasticity
1.02
Incumbency
−4.2
Candidate experience
−0.8
Fundraising
−4.2
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+40.5

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