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Washington's 4th District

John Duresky (D)vsAmanda McKinney (R)

open seat · Lean: R+10 · Incumbent: Dan Newhouse (R), not running

8 in 10

Amanda McKinney favored84%

Likely for Amanda McKinney: a 84 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Open seat
  • Lean:R+10
  • Incumbent:Dan Newhouse (R), not running
  • District:4 of 10 in Washington
  • Odds:McKinney 84%
  • Margin:McKinney +7.5, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

McKinney +7.5

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
McKinney +7.5
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
McKinney +15.4 to Duresky +0.4 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
McKinney +7.5 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Duresky ahead is positive, McKinney ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+10, worth 17.4 points to the Republican), an open seat with no incumbency bonus, 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 McKinney +7.5 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Dan Newhouse (R) is retiring. Open seat.
On the ballot
John Duresky (D) vs Amanda McKinney (R)
Last time
2024: Dan Newhouse (R) took 53.0 with no Democrat on the ballot.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 39.0, Harris 57.2. Harris by 18.2.
Lean
R+10 by the Cook partisan index

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

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