House Effects
Monday, September 21, 202643 days until Election Day, November 3, 2026
House · 2026

New Jersey’s 9th District

Nellie Pou (D)v.Rosie Pino (R)LIKELY D

Incumbent: Nellie Pou, currently Democratic.

Projected margin
D+7.6
Nine in ten outcomes: D+17 to R+2
Chance of winning
90%
Nellie Pou
Polls alone
No public general-election polls yet.
Fundamentals alone
D+7.6
Weight in projection: 100%.
Before any poll

What the fundamentals say

A regression on past House races, fit without looking at this year. The national environment term uses the generic ballot after its historical correction (D+5.3).

What each term adds to the estimate
BaselineD+0.8
Partisan leanD+0.3
National environmentD+3.6
IncumbencyD+3.6
Incumbent's last over/under-performanceR+0.7
Fundraising gap0.0
Fundamentals estimateD+7.6
Input: partisan lean
D+0.3
Presidential vote relative to the nation, 2024 on this year's lines.
Handicappers, for comparison
Cook: Likely D · Sabato: Likely D · Inside Elections: Likely D
Not an input to the projection.