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Alabama's 6th District

Maurice Mercer (D)vsGary Palmer (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+17 · Incumbent: Gary Palmer (R)

99 in 100

Gary Palmer favored>99%

All but certain for Gary Palmer: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+17
  • Incumbent:Gary Palmer (R)
  • District:6 of 7 in Alabama
  • Odds:Palmer >99%
  • Margin:Palmer +24.4, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Palmer +24.4

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Palmer +24.4
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Palmer +32.3 to Palmer +16.5 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Palmer +24.4 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Mercer ahead is positive, Palmer ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+17, worth 29.6 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Gary Palmer, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Palmer +24.4 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Gary Palmer (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Maurice Mercer (D) vs Gary Palmer (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 29.6, Republican 70.4. Palmer by 40.8.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 64.6, Harris 34.1. Trump by 30.5.
Lean
R+17 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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