2026 forecast · Virginia 4th

Jennifer McClellan is all but certain to win Virginia's 4th District.

Jennifer McClellan vs Robert Murray. The model has McClellan ahead by 47.3 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +47.3Updated October 22, 2026
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat
72.5%
243,143 projected votes
Robert Murray
Republican
25.2%
84,547 projected votes
100%McClellan
0%Murray
McClellan all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, McClellan wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for McClellan
Model marginD +47.3No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +54.3 to D +39.92,000 simulations
Projected votes335,190McClellan 72.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Virginia districts

11 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Jennifer McClellanDemocrat · 100% to win
72.5%
Robert MurrayRepublican · 0% to win
25.2%

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

335,190 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Jennifer McClellan D243,14372.5%
Robert Murray R84,54725.2%
Joan Bell I7,5002.2%
Total335,190100%

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% McClellan0% Murray14 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
McClellan +47.3
Chance of winning
Jennifer McClellan100%
Robert Murray0%
Simulated vote
Jennifer McClellan72.5%
Robert Murray25.2%
Joan Bell2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +32.0
FundamentalsD +47.3
With pollsD +47.5
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteD +47.3

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Virginia, 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 +57R +57Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +32.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +47.3With pollsno pollsD +47.5With early voteturnout so farD +47.3
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.