2026 forecast · Arizona 1st

Amish Shah is favored to win Arizona's 1st District.

Amish Shah vs Jay Feely, an open seat. The model has Shah ahead by 5.9 points, winning 83 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +5.9Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Amish Shah
Democrat
52.0%
184,074 projected votes
Jay Feely
Republican
46.1%
163,277 projected votes
83%Shah
17%Feely
Shah favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Shah wins about 83 of 100
RatingLean D83% chance for Shah
Model marginD +5.9Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +13.7 to R +2.32,000 simulations
Projected votes353,829Shah 52.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arizona districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Amish ShahDemocrat · 83% to win
52.0%
Jay FeelyRepublican · 17% to win
46.1%

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

353,829 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Amish Shah D184,07452.0%
Jay Feely R163,27746.1%
Monica Alponte L6,4771.8%
Total353,829100%

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%83% Shah17% Feely16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Arizona governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.3Hobbs43.8Biggs
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
GrayHouse for Norton (R)Oct 8 · 550 LV · NR19%Hobbs +6.0
Steve Cortes for League of American Workers (R)Oct 6 · 1,513 LV · NR19%Hobbs +5.7
Quantus InsightsAug 17 · 780 LV · Gold19%Hobbs +6.0
GQR for Hobbs (D)Oct 4 · 600 LV · NR18%Hobbs +4.0
Equis ResearchSep 9 · 1,214 RV · NR9.8%Hobbs +6.0
The Tarrance Group (R)Jul 30 · 600 LV · A4.5%Hobbs +4.0
Every other poll together: 11%

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
Shah +5.9
Chance of winning
Amish Shah83%
Jay Feely17%
Simulated vote
Amish Shah52.0%
Jay Feely46.1%
Monica Alponte1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +3.0
FundamentalsD +6.0
With pollsD +5.4
Early vote turnoutD +0.5
With early voteD +5.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Arizona, 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 +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +3.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +6.0With pollsaverage R +0.0D +5.4With early voteturnout so farD +5.9
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.