2026 forecast · Michigan 10th

Christina Hines and Michael Bouchard are in a toss up for Michigan's 10th District.

Christina Hines vs Michael Bouchard, an open seat. The model has Bouchard ahead by 0.3 points, winning 52 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel R +0.3Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Christina Hines
Democrat
49.3%
188,515 projected votes
Michael Bouchard
Republican
49.6%
189,751 projected votes
52%Bouchard
48%Hines
Bouchard slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Bouchard wins about 52 of 100
RatingToss up52% chance for Bouchard
Model marginR +0.3Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +7.7 to R +8.52,000 simulations
Projected votes382,518Bouchard 49.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Michigan districts

13 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Christina HinesDemocrat · 48% to win
49.3%
Michael BouchardRepublican · 52% to win
49.6%

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

382,518 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Michael Bouchard R189,75149.6%
Christina Hines D188,51549.3%
Kwabena Nkromo G4,2521.1%
Total382,518100%

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%48% Hines52% Bouchard15 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Michigan governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%60%MayJunJulAugSepOct50.5Benson42.4James
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
On Point PollingOct 18 · 518 LV · Gold15%Benson +11.8
Fox News/Beacon Research and Shaw & CompanySep 28 · 1,028 LV · A++14%Benson +9.0
Marist UniversityOct 18 · 1,025 LV · C12%Benson +6.0
Emerson CollegeSep 14 · 1,000 LV · Gold11%Benson +7.0
The Washington Post/SSPGSep 14 · 803 LV · A+9.5%Benson +12.0
New York Times/Siena UniversitySep 22 · 605 LV · Gold8.9%Benson +5.0
Every other poll together: 30%

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
Bouchard +0.3
Chance of winning
Christina Hines48%
Michael Bouchard52%
Simulated vote
Christina Hines49.3%
Michael Bouchard49.6%
Kwabena Nkromo1.1%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +7.0
FundamentalsR +0.3
With pollsR +0.8
Early vote turnoutD +0.4
With early voteR +0.3

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Michigan, 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 +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +7.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +0.3With pollsaverage R +0.0R +0.8With early voteturnout so farR +0.3
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.