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Virginia's 7th District

Eugene Vindman (D)vsDoug Ollivant (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+2 · Incumbent: Eugene Vindman (D)

99 in 100

Eugene Vindman favored>99%

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

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+2
  • Incumbent:Eugene Vindman (D)
  • District:7 of 11 in Virginia
  • Odds:Vindman >99%
  • Margin:Vindman +18.1, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Vindman +18.1

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
Vindman +18.1
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Vindman +10.2 to Vindman +26.0 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Vindman +18.1 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Vindman ahead is positive, Ollivant ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+2, worth 3.5 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Eugene Vindman, 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 Vindman +18.1 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Eugene Vindman (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Eugene Vindman (D, incumbent) vs Doug Ollivant (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 51.3, Republican 48.7. Vindman by 2.6.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 46.0, Harris 51.8. Harris by 5.8.
Lean
D+2 by the Cook partisan index

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

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