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Ohio's 6th District

Elizabeth Kirtley (D)vsMichael Rulli (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+17 · Incumbent: Michael Rulli (R)

99 in 100

Michael Rulli favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+17
  • Incumbent:Michael Rulli (R)
  • District:6 of 15 in Ohio
  • Odds:Rulli >99%
  • Margin:Rulli +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

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

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Kirtley ahead is positive, Rulli ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ 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 (Michael Rulli, 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 Rulli +24.4 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Michael Rulli (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Elizabeth Kirtley (D) vs Michael Rulli (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 33.3, Republican 66.7. Rulli by 33.4.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 55.1, Harris 43.9. Trump by 11.2.
Lean
R+17 by the Cook partisan index

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

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