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Massachusetts's 8th District

Stephen Lynch (D)vsRobert Burke (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+15 · Incumbent: Stephen Lynch (D)

99 in 100

Stephen Lynch favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+15
  • Incumbent:Stephen Lynch (D)
  • District:8 of 9 in Massachusetts
  • Odds:Lynch >99%
  • Margin:Lynch +40.8, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Lynch +40.8

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
Lynch +40.8
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Lynch +32.9 to Lynch +48.7 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Lynch +40.8 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Lynch ahead is positive, Burke 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+15, worth 26.1 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Stephen Lynch, 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 Lynch +40.8 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Stephen Lynch (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Stephen Lynch (D, incumbent) vs Robert Burke (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 70.5, Republican 29.5. Lynch by 41.0.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 36.0, Harris 61.2. Harris by 25.2.
Lean
D+15 by the Cook partisan index

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

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