2026 forecast · Missouri 1st

Wesley Bell is all but certain to win Missouri's 1st District.

Wesley Bell vs Paul Berry III. The model has Bell ahead by 76.0 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +76.0Updated October 22, 2026
Wesley Bell
Democrat
87.1%
203,655 projected votes
Paul Berry III
Republican
11.1%
25,843 projected votes
100%Bell
0%III
Bell all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Bell wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Bell
Model marginD +76.0No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +80.2 to D +71.62,000 simulations
Projected votes233,748Bell 87.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Missouri 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

Wesley BellDemocrat · 100% to win
87.1%
Paul Berry IIIRepublican · 0% to win
11.1%

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

233,748 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Wesley Bell D203,65587.1%
Paul Berry III R25,84311.1%
Tom Schmitz L4,2501.8%
Total233,748100%

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%100% Bell0% III17 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
Bell +76.0
Chance of winning
Wesley Bell100%
Paul Berry III0%
Simulated vote
Wesley Bell87.1%
Paul Berry III11.1%
Tom Schmitz1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +57.0
FundamentalsD +76.1
With pollsD +76.0
Early vote turnoutD +0.1
With early voteD +76.0

Missouri has no early vote reported yet, so its turnout correction comes from similar states that do and from its primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +91R +91Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +57.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +76.1With pollsno pollsD +76.0With early voteturnout so farD +76.0
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.