2026 forecast · Nevada 4th

Steven Horsford is all but certain to win Nevada's 4th District.

Steven Horsford vs Cody Whipple. The model has Horsford ahead by 26.7 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +26.7Updated October 22, 2026
Steven Horsford
Democrat
62.2%
189,178 projected votes
Cody Whipple
Republican
35.5%
108,047 projected votes
100%Horsford
0%Whipple
Horsford all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Horsford wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Horsford
Model marginD +26.7No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +33.9 to D +19.02,000 simulations
Projected votes304,012Horsford 62.2%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Nevada districts

4 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Steven HorsfordDemocrat · 100% to win
62.2%
Cody WhippleRepublican · 0% to win
35.5%

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

304,012 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Steven Horsford D189,17862.2%
Cody Whipple R108,04735.5%
Russ Best I6,7882.2%
Total304,012100%

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% Horsford0% Whipple16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Nevada governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct43.5Ford46.2Lombardo
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
Public Opinion Strategies (R)Jun 29 · 600 LV · NR19%Lombardo +9.0
Tarrance Group (R)Jul 29 · 519 LV · A19%Lombardo +7.0
Emerson CollegeSep 8 · 680 LV · Gold17%Ford +2.0
Grassroots Targeting (R)Jul 8 · 500 LV · NR16%Lombardo +12.0
Global Strategy Group for Ford (D)Oct 13 · 700 LV · A-13%Lombardo +1.0
Noble Predictive InsightsSep 26 · 708 LV · C+13%Lombardo +2.0
Every other poll together: 3.0%

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 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
Horsford +26.7
Chance of winning
Steven Horsford100%
Cody Whipple0%
Simulated vote
Steven Horsford62.2%
Cody Whipple35.5%
Russ Best2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +2.0
FundamentalsD +26.5
With pollsD +25.8
Early vote turnoutD +0.9
With early voteD +26.7

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Nevada, 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 +32R +32Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +2.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +26.5With pollsno pollsD +25.8With early voteturnout so farD +26.7
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.