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2026 forecast ยท Ohio 15th

Don Leonard and Mike Carey are in a toss up for Ohio's 15th District.

Don Leonard vs Mike Carey. The model has Leonard ahead by 0.7 points, winning 53 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel D +0.7Polls R +2.0Updated October 28, 2026
Don Leonard
Democrat
49.5%
157,409 projected votes
Mike Carey
Republican
48.7%
155,037 projected votes
53%Leonard
47%Carey
Leonard slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Leonard wins about 53 of 100
RatingToss up53% chance for Leonard
Model marginD +0.7Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeD +9.0 to R +7.32,000 simulations
Projected votes318,238Leonard 49.5%

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

Don LeonardDemocrat ยท 53% to win
49.5%
Mike CareyRepublican ยท 47% to win
48.7%

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

318,238 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Don Leonard D157,40949.5%
Mike Carey R155,03748.7%
Brennan Barrington L5,7921.8%
Total318,238100%

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% Leonard47% Carey19 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
Leonard +0.7
Chance of winning
Don Leonard53%
Mike Carey47%
Simulated vote
Don Leonard49.5%
Mike Carey48.7%
Brennan Barrington1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +10.0
FundamentalsD +3.9
With pollsD +0.7

How we got here

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

D +12R +12Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +10.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +3.9With pollsaverage R +2.0D +0.7
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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.