2026 forecast · Washington 9th

Adam Smith is all but certain to win Washington's 9th District.

Adam Smith vs Doug Basler. The model has Smith ahead by 65.1 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +65.1Updated October 22, 2026
Adam Smith
Democrat
82.5%
234,373 projected votes
Doug Basler
Republican
17.5%
49,596 projected votes
100%Smith
0%Basler
Smith all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Smith wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Smith
Model marginD +65.1No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +70.9 to D +58.92,000 simulations
Projected votes283,969Smith 82.5%

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

Adam SmithDemocrat · 100% to win
82.5%
Doug BaslerRepublican · 0% to win
17.5%

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

283,969 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Adam Smith D234,37382.5%
Doug Basler R49,59617.5%
Total283,969100%

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% Smith0% Basler16 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
Smith +65.1
Chance of winning
Adam Smith100%
Doug Basler0%
Simulated vote
Adam Smith82.5%
Doug Basler17.5%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +41.0
FundamentalsD +64.1
With pollsD +64.1
Early vote turnoutD +1.0
With early voteD +65.1

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 +78R +78Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +41.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +64.1With pollsno pollsD +64.1With early voteturnout so farD +65.1
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.