Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

New Hampshire 1st District

Currently held by a Democrat · open seat

Democrat
Stefany Shaheen
79%
Republican
Anthony DiLorenzo
21%
ForecastLean D
Projected margin
D+9.2
80% range
R+6.0 to D+24.3
Partisan lean
D+3.4
Tipping-point chance
0.85%
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+9.8
Blended
D+9.8
Similar-race shift
−1.1
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
D+3.4
Elasticity
0.97
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+2.3
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
D+10.9

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