2026 forecast · Florida 14th

Kathy Castor is favored to win Florida's 14th District.

Kathy Castor vs Mike Beltran. The model has Castor ahead by 5.0 points, winning 81 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +5.0Polls D +3.0Updated October 22, 2026
Kathy Castor
Democrat
52.5%
167,647 projected votes
Mike Beltran
Republican
47.5%
151,483 projected votes
81%Castor
19%Beltran
Castor favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Castor wins about 81 of 100
RatingLean D81% chance for Castor
Model marginD +5.0Polls D +3.0
80 percent rangeD +12.4 to R +2.32,000 simulations
Projected votes319,130Castor 52.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Florida districts

28 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Kathy CastorDemocrat · 81% to win
52.5%
Mike BeltranRepublican · 19% to win
47.5%

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

319,130 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Kathy Castor D167,64752.5%
Mike Beltran R151,48347.5%
Total319,130100%

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%81% Castor19% Beltran16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Florida governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct43.0Jolly48.3Donalds
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
Fabrizio Lee for Donalds (R)Oct 11 · 1,200 LV · A18%Donalds +6.0
On Point PollingOct 18 · 378 LV · Gold17%Donalds +4.2
MDW Communications (D)Oct 10 · 2,351 LV · NR15%Donalds +2.1
University of North FloridaOct 19 · 1,471 LV · NR11%Donalds +2.0
Targoz Market Research (R)Oct 4 · 1,000 LV · C+10%Donalds +10.0
co/efficient (R)Oct 20 · 1,014 LV · C+7.0%Donalds +9.0
Every other poll together: 21%

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 averageD +3.0

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
Castor +5.0
Chance of winning
Kathy Castor81%
Mike Beltran19%
Simulated vote
Kathy Castor52.5%
Mike Beltran47.5%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +10.0
FundamentalsD +4.4
With pollsD +6.5
Early vote turnoutR +1.5
With early voteD +5.0

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Florida, 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 +12R +12Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +10.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +4.4With pollsaverage D +3.0D +6.5With early voteturnout so farD +5.0
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.