2026 forecast · Washington 5th

Michael Baumgartner is favored to win Washington's 5th District.

Carmela Conroy vs Michael Baumgartner. The model has Baumgartner ahead by 5.8 points, winning 80 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean RModel R +5.8Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Carmela Conroy
Democrat
47.1%
128,452 projected votes
Michael Baumgartner
Republican
52.9%
144,216 projected votes
80%Baumgartner
20%Conroy
Baumgartner favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Baumgartner wins about 80 of 100
RatingLean R80% chance for Baumgartner
Model marginR +5.8Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +3.0 to R +14.02,000 simulations
Projected votes272,668Baumgartner 52.9%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Washington districts

10 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Carmela ConroyDemocrat · 20% to win
47.1%
Michael BaumgartnerRepublican · 80% to win
52.9%

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

272,668 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Michael Baumgartner R144,21652.9%
Carmela Conroy D128,45247.1%
Total272,668100%

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%20% Conroy80% Baumgartner15 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
Baumgartner +5.8
Chance of winning
Carmela Conroy20%
Michael Baumgartner80%
Simulated vote
Carmela Conroy47.1%
Michael Baumgartner52.9%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +11.0
FundamentalsR +7.4
With pollsR +7.4
Early vote turnoutD +1.6
With early voteR +5.8

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Washington, 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 +13R +13Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +11.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +7.4With pollsaverage R +0.0R +7.4With early voteturnout so farR +5.8
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.