2026 forecast · Ohio 11th

Shontel Brown is all but certain to win Ohio's 11th District.

Shontel Brown vs Mike Kirchner. The model has Brown ahead by 77.9 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +77.9Updated October 22, 2026
Shontel Brown
Democrat
89.0%
279,162 projected votes
Mike Kirchner
Republican
11.0%
34,646 projected votes
100%Brown
0%Kirchner
Brown all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Brown wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Brown
Model marginD +77.9No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +82.5 to D +72.82,000 simulations
Projected votes313,808Brown 89.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Ohio districts

15 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Shontel BrownDemocrat · 100% to win
89.0%
Mike KirchnerRepublican · 0% to win
11.0%

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

313,808 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Shontel Brown D279,16289.0%
Mike Kirchner R34,64611.0%
Total313,808100%

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% Brown0% Kirchner16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Ohio governor polling average
38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.1Acton44.9Ramaswamy
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
New York Times/SienaOct 1 · 616 LV · Gold16%Acton +4.0
New York Times/SienaSep 30 · 600 LV · Gold16%Acton +4.0
On Point PollingOct 17 · 635 LV · Gold15%Acton +4.8
Fox News/Beacon Research and Shaw & CompanyOct 19 · 1,592 LV · A++14%Acton +2.0
Big Data PollSep 27 · 682 LV · Gold14%Ramaswamy +1.1
Cook Political Report/GS Strategy Group and New River StrategiesOct 13 · 959 LV · NR8.6%Acton +5.0
Every other poll together: 16%

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
Brown +77.9
Chance of winning
Shontel Brown100%
Mike Kirchner0%
Simulated vote
Shontel Brown89.0%
Mike Kirchner11.0%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +55.0
FundamentalsD +77.9
With pollsD +77.9
Early vote turnoutNo change
With early voteD +77.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Ohio, 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 +94R +94Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +55.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +77.9With pollsno pollsD +77.9With early voteturnout so farD +77.9
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.