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2026 forecast ยท Florida 26th

Mario Diaz-Balart is very likely to win Florida's 26th District.

Nicole Locklin vs Mario Diaz-Balart. The model has Diaz-Balart ahead by 8.8 points, winning 91 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +8.8Updated October 28, 2026
Nicole Locklin
Democrat
44.5%
145,305 projected votes
Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican
53.3%
173,874 projected votes
91%Diaz-Balart
9%Locklin
Diaz-Balart very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Diaz-Balart wins about 91 of 100
RatingLikely R91% chance for Diaz-Balart
Model marginR +8.8No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +0.3 to R +17.42,000 simulations
Projected votes326,502Diaz-Balart 53.3%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Florida districts

28 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Nicole LocklinDemocrat ยท 9% to win
44.5%
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublican ยท 91% to win
53.3%

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

326,502 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Mario Diaz-Balart R173,87453.3%
Nicole Locklin D145,30544.5%
Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey I7,3232.2%
Total326,502100%

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%9% Locklin91% Diaz-Balart19 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Florida governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct44.2Jolly48.7Donalds
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
RedBox Research (D)Oct 23 ยท 4,823 LV ยท NR16%Donalds +5.3
On Point PollingOct 18 ยท 378 LV ยท Gold16%Donalds +3.9
New York Times/SienaOct 26 ยท 813 LV ยท Gold16%Donalds +4.0
Fabrizio Lee for Donalds (R)Oct 11 ยท 1,200 LV ยท A16%Donalds +6.0
University of North FloridaOct 19 ยท 1,471 LV ยท NR13%Donalds +2.0
Echelon Insights for NetChoiceOct 23 ยท 515 LV ยท B7.5%Donalds +6.0
Every other poll together: 14%

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 averageNo polls

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
Diaz-Balart +8.8
Chance of winning
Nicole Locklin9%
Mario Diaz-Balart91%
Simulated vote
Nicole Locklin44.5%
Mario Diaz-Balart53.3%
Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +18.0
FundamentalsR +8.7
With pollsR +8.8

How we got here

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

D +22R +22Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +18.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +8.7With pollsno pollsR +8.8
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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.