2026 forecast · Arkansas 2nd

Chris Jones and French Hill are in a toss up for Arkansas's 2nd District.

Chris Jones vs French Hill. The model has Hill ahead by 0.1 points, winning 51 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel R +0.1Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Chris Jones
Democrat
50.0%
122,541 projected votes
French Hill
Republican
50.0%
122,697 projected votes
51%Hill
49%Jones
Hill slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Hill wins about 51 of 100
RatingToss up51% chance for Hill
Model marginR +0.1Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +7.6 to R +7.92,000 simulations
Projected votes245,238Hill 50.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arkansas districts

4 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Chris JonesDemocrat · 49% to win
50.0%
French HillRepublican · 51% to win
50.0%

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

245,238 votes
CandidateVotesShare
French Hill R122,69750.0%
Chris Jones D122,54150.0%
Total245,238100%

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%49% Jones51% Hill15 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Arkansas governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6Oct 1332.8Love50.4Sanders
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 todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix CollegeOct 13 · 709 LV · NR90%Sanders +19.0
J.L. Partners (R)Aug 18 · 803 LV · B+6.5%Sanders +5.0
Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix CollegeAug 12 · 1,217 LV · NR3.4%Sanders +5.0

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 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
Hill +0.1
Chance of winning
Chris Jones49%
French Hill51%
Simulated vote
Chris Jones50.0%
French Hill50.0%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +16.0
FundamentalsR +0.1
With pollsR +4.0
Early vote turnoutD +4.0
With early voteR +0.1

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Arkansas, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

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

D +19R +19Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +16.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +0.1With pollsaverage R +0.0R +4.0With early voteturnout so farR +0.1
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.