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Wisconsin's 5th District

Andrew Beck (D)vsScott Fitzgerald (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+11 · Incumbent: Scott Fitzgerald (R)

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Scott Fitzgerald favored97%

Very likely for Scott Fitzgerald: a 97 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+11
  • Incumbent:Scott Fitzgerald (R)
  • District:5 of 8 in Wisconsin
  • Odds:Fitzgerald 97%
  • Margin:Fitzgerald +14.0, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Fitzgerald +14.0

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
Fitzgerald +14.0
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Fitzgerald +21.9 to Fitzgerald +6.1 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Fitzgerald +14.0 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Beck ahead is positive, Fitzgerald 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+11, worth 19.1 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Scott Fitzgerald, 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 Fitzgerald +14.0 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Scott Fitzgerald (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Andrew Beck (D) vs Scott Fitzgerald (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 35.5, Republican 64.5. Fitzgerald by 29.0.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 49.6, Harris 48.7. Trump by 0.9.
Lean
R+11 by the Cook partisan index

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

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