Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Texas 28th District

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

Democrat
Henry Cuellar
59%
Republican
Tano Tijerina
41%
ForecastTilt D
Projected margin
D+2.3
80% range
R+11.7 to D+16.2
Partisan lean
R+5.1
Tipping-point chance
1.13%
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
D+2.9
Blended
D+2.9
Similar-race shift
+0.2
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+5.1
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
+1.9
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+1.4
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
D+2.7

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