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NE GovPillen R +0.8GA GovBottoms D +0.8KS GovHolscher D +0.8KS SenMarshall R +1.3IA SenTurek D +1.4AK SenPeltola D +1.4SC SenAndrews D +1.5TX SenTalarico D +2.0TX GovAbbott R +2.2ME SenJackson D +2.5WI GovCrowley D +2.8NE SenOsborn I +3.4OH SenBrown D +3.8NV GovFord D +4.0OH GovActon D +4.7FL GovDonalds R +4.9
2026 forecast

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner forecast

Vern Thompson vs Doug Goehring, with Doug Goehring running again. The model has Goehring ahead by 23.1 points, with a 100 percent chance of winning.

Safe RModel R +23.1Updated October 17, 2026

County forecast

53 counties · 3 lean Democratic
D +40R +40Hover a county for its projected vote

How the model gets there

statewide margin at each step
Top of ticketR +18.3
Down ballot history, moved to 2026R +25.9
Blend of every legR +20.2
With incumbency and primary unityR +23.3
With polls, none in the raceR +23.1

Leg weights: Top of ticket 38%, Approval fundamentals 19%, Gallup, relaxed 13%, Down ballot history 31%. 80 percent of outcomes fall between R +13.9 and R +32.3.

Polls of the race

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedThompsonGoehringMargin
No public polls of this race. The forecast rests on the top of ticket, past results and the primaries.