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Race polling · HOU-KS-2

KS-2 House polls

Don Coover (D) vs Derek Schmidt (R). The polls in the poll average, each with its weight and source, then every public poll on file. The forecast itself lives on the race page.

Poll averageR+3.0the polls’ average, each as published · same figure as the race page
Polls11 on file · 1 in the poll average
Latest field dateOct 20Eligible polls: latest poll: 2026-10-20 (4 days old)
EditionOct 23the poll average and its weights as of this edition

The poll average

one poll counted

The poll average is one poll: DCCC Targeting Team, fielded through Oct 20, 2026, at R+3.0. With a single poll there is no trend to draw; it is listed below.

The forecast then counts a poll sponsored by a party or campaign at full weight and moves its margin 2 points against that party, which puts the average it reads at R+5.0.

Every poll on file · 1

newest first

1 in the poll average

PollsterFieldedSampleResultAddedWeightSource
●DCCC Targeting TeamGeneral · DEM sponsor · DEM partisan639 LVR+3.0Derek Schmidt 49Don Coover 46Don't know 68h ago0.66News coverage

Archive source date 2026-10-24. Archive records may be newer than the sealed forecast; inclusion here does not mean the forecast uses them.

Model rows carry what the source record provides: pollster, field dates, sample size and D/R shares where published. Archive rows come from the broad public harvest. Poll data via VoteHub, used under CC BY 4.0. Poll data from The New York Times, used under CC BY 4.0.