2026 state legislative forecast

Vermont Senate forecast

Democrats win control of the Vermont Senate in nearly every one of 2,000 simulations. All 30 seats are on the 2026 ballot; 0 races are within a 35 to 65 split.

Safe DUpdated October 22, 2026Seats 30On the ballot 30Vermont House All chambers

Chance of control

>99%D<1%R

Democratic seats, 80% range

22 to 24

Median 24 · 16 for a majority

Favored to flip

5to D0to R

After 2024: 15 D, 13 R, 2 other

Environment

D +6.9

Shift from the 2024 presidential vote

Vermont Senate map

Safe DLean DToss upLean RSafe R

District shapes are estimated from where each district's voters live in the precinct returns, not drawn from the official boundary files.

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Hover the map for the odds in any district. Click one to pin it here and find it in the table below.

Every seat

Average 23 D to 7 R

Safe DLean DToss upLean RSafe R

Democratic seats across 2,000 simulations

Every Senate district

District	Last winner	2026 nominees	2024 lean	Forecast	Dem win	Projected D votes	Projected R votes	Total	Rating
CALEDONIA	Scott Beck 2024	David M. Roth vs Scott L. Beck	D +16.8	D +7.0	86%	8,774	7,629	16,654	Likely D
FRANKLIN2 seats	Randy Brock, Robert W Norris 2024	Alexander Bobella, A. Gregory Rainville vs Randy Brock, Robert W. Norris	D +0.2	D +7.1	87%	15,963	13,838	30,255	Likely D
CHITTENDEN NORTH	Chris Mattos 2024	Irene Wrenner vs Ashley R. Bartley	D +14.5	D +8.0	88%	7,567	6,442	14,223	Likely D
ORANGE	Larry Hart Sr 2024	Monique Priestley vs John K. Benson	D +18.5	D +9.5	93%	9,272	7,660	17,190	Likely D

Projected Vermont Senate vote

30 seats on the ballot

Party	Votes	Share
Democrats	251,633	53.9%
Republicans	190,974	40.9%
Independents and others	24,206	5.2%
Total	466,816	100%

The sum of every district on the ballot. Each district's turnout is its 2024 top of ticket vote on today's lines, scaled to the forecast's 2026 statewide vote less a small share who skip legislative races, split by the district forecast. A district with no candidate from one party gives all its votes to the other. The district table lists each seat's projected votes.

How this is built

Each district starts from its 2024 presidential vote, read off the precincts that voted in it, and moves with the state's 2026 House forecast and the national generic ballot. Half of what the last legislative winner ran ahead of the district carries over, 2026 primary turnout moves districts where it is posted, and district and statewide legislative polls count by recency and sample. A seat with no candidate from one party is called for the other. 2,000 simulations share a national, a state and a district shock. The map's district shapes are estimated from where each district's voters are in the precinct returns. All chambers.