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2026 forecast ยท Texas 9th

Alex Mealer is very likely to win Texas's 9th District.

Leticia Gutierrez vs Alex Mealer, an open seat. The model has Mealer ahead by 6.2 points, winning 86 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +6.2Polls R +0.0Updated October 28, 2026
Leticia Gutierrez
Democrat
46.9%
125,066 projected votes
Alex Mealer
Republican
53.1%
141,609 projected votes
86%Mealer
14%Gutierrez
Mealer very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Mealer wins about 86 of 100
RatingLikely R86% chance for Mealer
Model marginR +6.2Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +1.6 to R +14.02,000 simulations
Projected votes266,675Mealer 53.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Texas districts

38 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Leticia GutierrezDemocrat ยท 14% to win
46.9%
Alex MealerRepublican ยท 86% to win
53.1%

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

266,675 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Alex Mealer R141,60953.1%
Leticia Gutierrez D125,06646.9%
Total266,675100%

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%14% Gutierrez86% Mealer20 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Texas governor polling average
38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%MayJunJulAugSepOct46.7Hinojosa50.0Abbott
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
Emerson CollegeOct 19 ยท 1,000 LV ยท Gold15%Abbott +4.0
Fox News/Beacon Research and Shaw & CompanyOct 19 ยท 1,398 LV ยท A++15%Abbott +5.0
On Point PollingOct 18 ยท 385 LV ยท Gold15%Abbott +2.0
Fox News/Beacon Research and Shaw & CompanySep 28 ยท 881 LV ยท A++9.9%Abbott +5.0
Texas Public Opinion ResearchOct 18 ยท 969 LV ยท NR ยท D lean, counted Abbott +3.1 in the average7.0%Abbott +3.0
University of Houston Hobby SchoolOct 14 ยท 2,000 LV ยท NR6.4%Abbott +3.0
Every other poll together: 31%

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 +0.0

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
Mealer +6.2
Chance of winning
Leticia Gutierrez14%
Alex Mealer86%
Simulated vote
Leticia Gutierrez46.9%
Alex Mealer53.1%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +19.0
FundamentalsR +6.4
With pollsR +6.2

How we got here

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

D +23R +23Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +19.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +6.4With pollsaverage R +0.0R +6.2
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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.