2026 forecast · Kentucky 6th

Zach Dembo is slightly favored to win Kentucky's 6th District.

Zach Dembo vs Ralph Alvarado, an open seat. The model has Dembo ahead by 2.1 points, winning 63 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +2.1Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Zach Dembo
Democrat
49.9%
139,886 projected votes
Ralph Alvarado
Republican
47.9%
134,120 projected votes
63%Dembo
37%Alvarado
Dembo slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Dembo wins about 63 of 100
RatingLean D63% chance for Dembo
Model marginD +2.1Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +10.5 to R +6.72,000 simulations
Projected votes280,281Dembo 49.9%

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

Zach DemboDemocrat · 63% to win
49.9%
Ralph AlvaradoRepublican · 37% to win
47.9%

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

280,281 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Zach Dembo D139,88649.9%
Ralph Alvarado R134,12047.9%
Jay Bowman I6,2752.2%
Total280,281100%

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%63% Dembo37% Alvarado15 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

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
Dembo +2.1
Chance of winning
Zach Dembo63%
Ralph Alvarado37%
Simulated vote
Zach Dembo49.9%
Ralph Alvarado47.9%
Jay Bowman2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +15.0
FundamentalsD +2.1
With pollsD +2.0
Early vote turnoutD +0.1
With early voteD +2.1

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 +18R +18Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +15.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +2.1With pollsaverage R +0.0D +2.0With early voteturnout so farD +2.1
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.