2026 forecast · Kentucky 4th

Ed Gallrein is all but certain to win Kentucky's 4th District.

Melissa Claire Strange vs Ed Gallrein, an open seat. The model has Gallrein ahead by 38.0 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +38.0Updated October 22, 2026
Melissa Claire Strange
Democrat
30.1%
83,098 projected votes
Ed Gallrein
Republican
68.1%
187,984 projected votes
100%Gallrein
0%Strange
Gallrein all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Gallrein wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Gallrein
Model marginR +38.0No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +31.0 to R +45.22,000 simulations
Projected votes276,083Gallrein 68.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Kentucky districts

6 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Melissa Claire StrangeDemocrat · 0% to win
30.1%
Ed GallreinRepublican · 100% to win
68.1%

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

276,083 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Ed Gallrein R187,98468.1%
Melissa Claire Strange D83,09830.1%
Jeremy Todd L5,0001.8%
Total276,083100%

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%0% Strange100% Gallrein17 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
Gallrein +38.0
Chance of winning
Melissa Claire Strange0%
Ed Gallrein100%
Simulated vote
Melissa Claire Strange30.1%
Ed Gallrein68.1%
Jeremy Todd1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +36.0
FundamentalsR +38.0
With pollsR +38.1
Early vote turnoutD +0.1
With early voteR +38.0

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Kentucky, 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 +46R +46Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +36.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +38.0With pollsno pollsR +38.1With early voteturnout so farR +38.0
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.