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Minnesota's 7th District

Erik Osberg (D)vsMichelle Fischbach (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+18 · Incumbent: Michelle Fischbach (R)

99 in 100

Michelle Fischbach favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+18
  • Incumbent:Michelle Fischbach (R)
  • District:7 of 8 in Minnesota
  • Odds:Fischbach >99%
  • Margin:Fischbach +26.2, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Fischbach +26.2

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
Fischbach +26.2
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Fischbach +34.1 to Fischbach +18.3 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Fischbach +26.2 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Osberg ahead is positive, Fischbach ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+18, worth 31.3 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Michelle Fischbach, 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 Fischbach +26.2 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Michelle Fischbach (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Erik Osberg (D) vs Michelle Fischbach (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 29.5, Republican 70.5. Fischbach by 41.0.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 46.7, Harris 50.9. Harris by 4.2.
Lean
R+18 by the Cook partisan index

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

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