2026 forecast · Virginia 7th

Eugene Vindman is all but certain to win Virginia's 7th District.

Eugene Vindman vs Doug Ollivant. The model has Vindman ahead by 18.1 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +18.1Updated October 22, 2026
Eugene Vindman
Democrat
58.1%
196,162 projected votes
Doug Ollivant
Republican
40.0%
134,993 projected votes
100%Vindman
0%Ollivant
Vindman all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Vindman wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Vindman
Model marginD +18.1No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +25.7 to D +10.72,000 simulations
Projected votes337,319Vindman 58.2%

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

Eugene VindmanDemocrat · 100% to win
58.1%
Doug OllivantRepublican · 0% to win
40.0%

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

337,319 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Eugene Vindman D196,16258.2%
Doug Ollivant R134,99340.0%
Taner Lopez L6,1631.8%
Total337,319100%

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% Vindman0% Ollivant14 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
Vindman +18.1
Chance of winning
Eugene Vindman100%
Doug Ollivant0%
Simulated vote
Eugene Vindman58.1%
Doug Ollivant40.0%
Taner Lopez1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +2.0
FundamentalsD +18.1
With pollsD +18.3
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteD +18.1

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 +22R +22Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +2.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +18.1With pollsno pollsD +18.3With early voteturnout so farD +18.1
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.