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2026 forecast · Washington 1st

Suzan DelBene is all but certain to win Washington's 1st District.

Suzan DelBene vs Mary Silva. The model has DelBene ahead by 40.4 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +40.4Updated October 28, 2026
Suzan DelBene
Democrat
70.2%
197,268 projected votes
Mary Silva
Republican
29.8%
83,833 projected votes
100%DelBene
0%Silva
DelBene all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, DelBene wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for DelBene
Model marginD +40.4No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +47.1 to D +33.62,000 simulations
Projected votes281,101DelBene 70.2%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Washington districts

10 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Suzan DelBeneDemocrat · 100% to win
70.2%
Mary SilvaRepublican · 0% to win
29.8%

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

281,101 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Suzan DelBene D197,26870.2%
Mary Silva R83,83329.8%
Total281,101100%

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% DelBene0% Silva20 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
DelBene +40.4
Chance of winning
Suzan DelBene100%
Mary Silva0%
Simulated vote
Suzan DelBene70.2%
Mary Silva29.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +29.0
FundamentalsD +40.7
With pollsD +40.4

How we got here

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

D +49R +49Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +29.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +40.7With pollsno pollsD +40.4
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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.