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2026 forecast · New Jersey 9th

Nellie Pou is all but certain to win New Jersey's 9th District.

Nellie Pou vs Rosie Pino. The model has Pou ahead by 20.0 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +20.0Updated October 28, 2026
Nellie Pou
Democrat
58.9%
179,836 projected votes
Rosie Pino
Republican
38.9%
118,770 projected votes
100%Pou
0%Pino
Pou all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Pou wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Pou
Model marginD +20.0No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +28.7 to D +11.32,000 simulations
Projected votes305,419Pou 58.9%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

New Jersey districts

12 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Nellie PouDemocrat · 100% to win
58.9%
Rosie PinoRepublican · 0% to win
38.9%

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

305,419 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Nellie Pou D179,83658.9%
Rosie Pino R118,77038.9%
Terrisa Bukovinac I6,8132.2%
Total305,419100%

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%100% Pou0% Pino18 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

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
Pou +20.0
Chance of winning
Nellie Pou100%
Rosie Pino0%
Simulated vote
Nellie Pou58.9%
Rosie Pino38.9%
Terrisa Bukovinac2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +1.0
FundamentalsD +20.2
With pollsD +20.0

How we got here

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

D +24R +24Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +1.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +20.2With pollsno pollsD +20.0
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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.