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Indiana's 2nd District

Jamee Decio (D)vsRudy Yakym (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+13 · Incumbent: Rudy Yakym (R)

99 in 100

Rudy Yakym favored>99%

All but certain for Rudy Yakym: a 99 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+13
  • Incumbent:Rudy Yakym (R)
  • District:2 of 9 in Indiana
  • Odds:Yakym >99%
  • Margin:Yakym +17.5, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Yakym +17.5

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
Yakym +17.5
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Yakym +25.4 to Yakym +9.6 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Yakym +17.5 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Decio ahead is positive, Yakym ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+13, worth 22.6 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Rudy Yakym, 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 Yakym +17.5 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Rudy Yakym (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Jamee Decio (D) vs Rudy Yakym (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 34.6, Republican 62.7. Yakym by 28.1.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 58.6, Harris 39.6. Trump by 19.0.
Lean
R+13 by the Cook partisan index

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

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