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2026 forecast ยท Arizona 1st

Amish Shah is favored to win Arizona's 1st District.

Amish Shah vs Jay Feely, an open seat. The model has Shah ahead by 5.6 points, winning 82 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +5.6Polls R +0.0Updated October 28, 2026
Amish Shah
Democrat
51.9%
183,602 projected votes
Jay Feely
Republican
46.3%
163,749 projected votes
82%Shah
18%Feely
Shah favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Shah wins about 82 of 100
RatingLean D82% chance for Shah
Model marginD +5.6Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +13.5 to R +2.52,000 simulations
Projected votes353,829Shah 51.9%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arizona districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Amish ShahDemocrat ยท 82% to win
51.9%
Jay FeelyRepublican ยท 18% to win
46.3%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

353,829 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Amish Shah D183,60251.9%
Jay Feely R163,74946.3%
Monica Alponte L6,4781.8%
Total353,829100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%82% Shah18% Feely18 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Arizona governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.4Hobbs43.6Biggs
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Steve Cortes for League of American Workers (R)Oct 6 ยท 1,513 LV ยท NR17%Hobbs +5.7
GrayHouse for Norton (R)Oct 8 ยท 550 LV ยท NR17%Hobbs +6.0
GQR for Hobbs (D)Oct 4 ยท 600 LV ยท NR ยท D lean, counted Hobbs +2.6 in the average16%Hobbs +4.0
GrayHouse for Norton (R)Oct 20 ยท 550 LV ยท NR16%Hobbs +6.0
RedBox Research (D)Oct 23 ยท 2,686 LV ยท NR15%Hobbs +5.1
Quantus InsightsAug 17 ยท 780 LV ยท Gold6.2%Hobbs +6.0
Every other poll together: 13%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Shah +5.6
Chance of winning
Amish Shah82%
Jay Feely18%
Simulated vote
Amish Shah51.9%
Jay Feely46.3%
Monica Alponte1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +3.0
FundamentalsD +8.8
With pollsD +5.6

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +11R +11Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +3.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +8.8With pollsaverage R +0.0D +5.6
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Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.