Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

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

Texas 32nd District

Currently held by a Republican · open seat · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Dan Barrios
11%
Republican
Jace Yarbrough
89%
ForecastLikely R
Projected margin
R+14.7
80% range
R+29.9 to D+0.6
Partisan lean
R+15.8
Tipping-point chance
0.27%
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+14.1
Blended
R+14.1
Similar-race shift
+0.4
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+15.8
Elasticity
1.09
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
+0.6
Fundraising
−3.1
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+14.4

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