2026 forecast · Washington 7th

Pramila Jayapal is all but certain to win Washington's 7th District.

Pramila Jayapal vs Nirav Sheth. The model has Jayapal ahead by 84.9 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +84.9Updated October 22, 2026
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
92.4%
272,923 projected votes
Nirav Sheth
Republican
7.6%
22,336 projected votes
100%Jayapal
0%Sheth
Jayapal all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Jayapal wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Jayapal
Model marginD +84.9No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +87.9 to D +81.72,000 simulations
Projected votes295,259Jayapal 92.4%

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

Pramila JayapalDemocrat · 100% to win
92.4%
Nirav ShethRepublican · 0% to win
7.6%

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

295,259 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Pramila Jayapal D272,92392.4%
Nirav Sheth R22,3367.6%
Total295,259100%

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% Jayapal0% Sheth16 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
Jayapal +84.9
Chance of winning
Pramila Jayapal100%
Nirav Sheth0%
Simulated vote
Pramila Jayapal92.4%
Nirav Sheth7.6%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +75.0
FundamentalsD +84.4
With pollsD +84.4
Early vote turnoutD +0.5
With early voteD +84.9

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 +102R +102Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +75.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +84.4With pollsno pollsD +84.4With early voteturnout so farD +84.9
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.