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2026 forecast · Virginia 4th

Jennifer McClellan is all but certain to win Virginia's 4th District.

Jennifer McClellan vs Robert Murray. The model has McClellan ahead by 43.6 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +43.6Updated October 28, 2026
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat
70.7%
236,909 projected votes
Robert Murray
Republican
27.1%
90,781 projected votes
100%McClellan
0%Murray
McClellan all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, McClellan wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for McClellan
Model marginD +43.6No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +50.5 to D +36.12,000 simulations
Projected votes335,190McClellan 70.7%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Virginia districts

11 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Jennifer McClellanDemocrat · 100% to win
70.7%
Robert MurrayRepublican · 0% to win
27.1%

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

335,190 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Jennifer McClellan D236,90970.7%
Robert Murray R90,78127.1%
Joan Bell I7,5002.2%
Total335,190100%

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% McClellan0% Murray18 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

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
McClellan +43.6
Chance of winning
Jennifer McClellan100%
Robert Murray0%
Simulated vote
Jennifer McClellan70.7%
Robert Murray27.1%
Joan Bell2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +32.0
FundamentalsD +43.6
With pollsD +43.6

How we got here

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

D +52R +52Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +32.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +43.6With pollsno pollsD +43.6
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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.