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Episode 38: Our Forecast Shows A Tight Race for Congress
Decision Desk HQ recently released its 2026 midterm election forecast for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. And the topline numbers suggest that both chambers are legitimately up for grabs. In this episode, Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley was joined by two of his colleagues to discuss the outlook for November: Scott Tranter, director of our Data Science, and Maddisen Murrell, a Data Science Fellow who helps run the forecast.
They talked about the ins and outs of the forecast, including how it works, as well as the broader electoral environment and how it relates to…
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