2026 forecast · New Jersey 1st

Donald Norcross is all but certain to win New Jersey's 1st District.

Donald Norcross vs Damon Galdo. The model has Norcross ahead by 33.5 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +33.5Updated October 22, 2026
Donald Norcross
Democrat
66.8%
192,289 projected votes
Damon Galdo
Republican
33.2%
95,708 projected votes
100%Norcross
0%Galdo
Norcross all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Norcross wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Norcross
Model marginD +33.5No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +41.2 to D +25.92,000 simulations
Projected votes287,997Norcross 66.8%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

New Jersey districts

12 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Donald NorcrossDemocrat · 100% to win
66.8%
Damon GaldoRepublican · 0% to win
33.2%

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

287,997 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Donald Norcross D192,28966.8%
Damon Galdo R95,70833.2%
Total287,997100%

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% Norcross0% Galdo15 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
Norcross +33.5
Chance of winning
Donald Norcross100%
Damon Galdo0%
Simulated vote
Donald Norcross66.8%
Damon Galdo33.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +19.0
FundamentalsD +31.5
With pollsD +32.5
Early vote turnoutD +1.1
With early voteD +33.5

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in New Jersey, 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 +40R +40Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +19.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +31.5With pollsno pollsD +32.5With early voteturnout so farD +33.5
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.