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2026 forecast ยท Ohio 10th

Kristina Knickerbocker and Mike Turner are in a toss up for Ohio's 10th District.

Kristina Knickerbocker vs Mike Turner. The model has Knickerbocker ahead by 0.6 points, winning 53 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel D +0.6Polls R +2.0Updated October 28, 2026
Kristina Knickerbocker
Democrat
49.4%
157,099 projected votes
Mike Turner
Republican
48.8%
155,112 projected votes
53%Knickerbocker
47%Turner
Knickerbocker slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Knickerbocker wins about 53 of 100
RatingToss up53% chance for Knickerbocker
Model marginD +0.6Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeD +9.0 to R +7.82,000 simulations
Projected votes317,996Knickerbocker 49.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Ohio districts

15 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Kristina KnickerbockerDemocrat ยท 53% to win
49.4%
Mike TurnerRepublican ยท 47% to win
48.8%

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

317,996 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Kristina Knickerbocker D157,09949.4%
Mike Turner R155,11248.8%
Tom McMasters L5,7851.8%
Total317,996100%

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%53% Knickerbocker47% Turner19 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Ohio governor polling average
38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.0Acton45.7Ramaswamy
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 todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
On Point PollingOct 17 ยท 635 LV ยท Gold16%Acton +3.5
New York Times/SienaOct 1 ยท 616 LV ยท Gold16%Acton +4.0
Fox News/Beacon Research and Shaw & CompanyOct 19 ยท 1,592 LV ยท A++15%Acton +2.0
Big Data PollSep 27 ยท 682 LV ยท Gold14%Ramaswamy +1.1
New York Times/SienaSep 30 ยท 600 LV ยท Gold11%Acton +4.0
RedBox Research (D)Oct 23 ยท 2,998 LV ยท NR11%Acton +4.4
Every other poll together: 17%

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 +2.0

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
Knickerbocker +0.6
Chance of winning
Kristina Knickerbocker53%
Mike Turner47%
Simulated vote
Kristina Knickerbocker49.4%
Mike Turner48.8%
Tom McMasters1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +8.0
FundamentalsD +6.0
With pollsD +0.6

How we got here

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

D +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +8.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +6.0With pollsaverage R +2.0D +0.6
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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.