2026 forecast · New Jersey 10th

LaMonica McIver is all but certain to win New Jersey's 10th District.

LaMonica McIver vs Carmen Bucco. The model has McIver ahead by 69.7 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +69.7Updated October 22, 2026
LaMonica McIver
Democrat
84.8%
217,347 projected votes
Carmen Bucco
Republican
15.2%
38,850 projected votes
100%McIver
0%Bucco
McIver all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, McIver wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for McIver
Model marginD +69.7No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +74.9 to D +63.92,000 simulations
Projected votes256,197McIver 84.8%

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

LaMonica McIverDemocrat · 100% to win
84.8%
Carmen BuccoRepublican · 0% to win
15.2%

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

256,197 votes
CandidateVotesShare
LaMonica McIver D217,34784.8%
Carmen Bucco R38,85015.2%
Total256,197100%

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% McIver0% Bucco16 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
McIver +69.7
Chance of winning
LaMonica McIver100%
Carmen Bucco0%
Simulated vote
LaMonica McIver84.8%
Carmen Bucco15.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +51.0
FundamentalsD +68.5
With pollsD +69.0
Early vote turnoutD +0.6
With early voteD +69.7

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 +84R +84Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +51.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +68.5With pollsno pollsD +69.0With early voteturnout so farD +69.7
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.