Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Missouri 7th District

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

Democrat
Missi Hesketh
0.2%
Republican
Eric Burlison
99.8%
ForecastSafe R
Projected margin
R+37.3
80% range
R+51.2 to R+23.4
Partisan lean
R+42.6
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+36.8
Blended
R+36.8
Similar-race shift
+1.4
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+42.6
Elasticity
0.88
Incumbency
−1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
−4.2
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+38.2

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