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2026 forecast · Oregon 3rd

Maxine Dexter is all but certain to win Oregon's 3rd District.

Maxine Dexter vs Loran Ayles. The model has Dexter ahead by 56.2 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +56.2Updated October 28, 2026
Maxine Dexter
Democrat
78.1%
265,669 projected votes
Loran Ayles
Republican
21.9%
74,492 projected votes
100%Dexter
0%Ayles
Dexter all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Dexter wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Dexter
Model marginD +56.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +61.9 to D +50.02,000 simulations
Projected votes340,161Dexter 78.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Oregon districts

6 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Maxine DexterDemocrat · 100% to win
78.1%
Loran AylesRepublican · 0% to win
21.9%

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

340,161 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Maxine Dexter D265,66978.1%
Loran Ayles R74,49221.9%
Total340,161100%

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% Dexter0% Ayles17 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Oregon governor polling average
40%41%42%43%44%45%46%47%48%49%50%JulAugSepOct44.5Kotek45.2Drazan
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
DHM Research/Oregon Public BroadcastingSep 27 · 915 LV · NR57%Drazan +2.0
DHM Research for The OregonianOct 1 · 549 LV · NR31%Kotek +2.0
DHM ResearchSep 9 · 600 LV · NR11%Drazan +2.0
GBAO (D)Oct 4 · 800 LV · F · D lean, counted Kotek +2.5 in the average0.8%Kotek +4.0

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
Dexter +56.2
Chance of winning
Maxine Dexter100%
Loran Ayles0%
Simulated vote
Maxine Dexter78.1%
Loran Ayles21.9%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +46.0
FundamentalsD +56.3
With pollsD +56.2

How we got here

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

D +68R +68Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +46.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +56.3With pollsno pollsD +56.2
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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.