2026 forecast · New Jersey 2nd

Jeff Van Drew is favored to win New Jersey's 2nd District.

Zack Mullock vs Jeff Van Drew. The model has Drew ahead by 4.8 points, winning 78 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean RModel R +4.8Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Zack Mullock
Democrat
46.5%
146,862 projected votes
Jeff Van Drew
Republican
51.3%
161,999 projected votes
78%Drew
22%Mullock
Drew favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Drew wins about 78 of 100
RatingLean R78% chance for Drew
Model marginR +4.8Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +3.1 to R +12.42,000 simulations
Projected votes315,892Drew 51.3%

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

Zack MullockDemocrat · 22% to win
46.5%
Jeff Van DrewRepublican · 78% to win
51.3%

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

315,892 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Van Drew R161,99951.3%
Zack Mullock D146,86246.5%
Ramon Mora Jr. I7,0312.2%
Total315,892100%

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%22% Mullock78% Drew14 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

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
Drew +4.8
Chance of winning
Zack Mullock22%
Jeff Van Drew78%
Simulated vote
Zack Mullock46.5%
Jeff Van Drew51.3%
Ramon Mora Jr.2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +13.0
FundamentalsR +7.0
With pollsR +6.0
Early vote turnoutD +1.2
With early voteR +4.8

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 +16R +16Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +13.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +7.0With pollsaverage R +0.0R +6.0With early voteturnout so farR +4.8
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.