2026 forecast · Maryland 1st

Andy Harris is all but certain to win Maryland's 1st District.

Dan Schwartz vs Andy Harris. The model has Harris ahead by 18.3 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +18.3Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Dan Schwartz
Democrat
39.7%
133,813 projected votes
Andy Harris
Republican
58.0%
195,329 projected votes
100%Harris
0%Schwartz
Harris all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Harris wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Harris
Model marginR +18.3Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeR +11.0 to R +24.92,000 simulations
Projected votes336,706Harris 58.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Maryland districts

8 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Dan SchwartzDemocrat · 0% to win
39.7%
Andy HarrisRepublican · 100% to win
58.0%

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

336,706 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Andy Harris R195,32958.0%
Dan Schwartz D133,81339.7%
Edward Shlikas I7,5642.2%
Total336,706100%

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% Schwartz100% Harris15 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Maryland governor polling average
20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20Sep 2751.2Moore24.2Cox
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
UMBC Institute of PoliticsSep 27 · 776 LV · NR97%Moore +27.0
Zenith ResearchAug 3 · 800 LV · NR3.1%Moore +27.0

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
Harris +18.3
Chance of winning
Dan Schwartz0%
Andy Harris100%
Simulated vote
Dan Schwartz39.7%
Andy Harris58.0%
Edward Shlikas2.3%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +17.0
FundamentalsR +18.4
With pollsR +16.8
Early vote turnoutR +1.4
With early voteR +18.3

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Maryland, 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 +22R +22Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +17.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +18.4With pollsaverage R +0.0R +16.8With early voteturnout so farR +18.3
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.