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Illinois's 3rd District

Delia Ramirez (D)vsAngel Oakley (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+17 · Incumbent: Delia Ramirez (D)

99 in 100

Delia Ramirez favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+17
  • Incumbent:Delia Ramirez (D)
  • District:3 of 17 in Illinois
  • Odds:Ramirez >99%
  • Margin:Ramirez +44.2, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Ramirez +44.2

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
Ramirez +44.2
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Ramirez +36.3 to Ramirez +52.1 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Ramirez +44.2 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Ramirez ahead is positive, Oakley ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+17, worth 29.6 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Delia Ramirez, 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 Ramirez +44.2 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Delia Ramirez (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Delia Ramirez (D, incumbent) vs Angel Oakley (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 67.3, Republican 32.7. Ramirez by 34.6.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 43.5, Harris 54.4. Harris by 10.9.
Lean
D+17 by the Cook partisan index

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

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