Who is forecasted today to win the Nevada governor's race?
Updated Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 7 days to Election Day · VotePredictor
Joe Lombardo is favored. The VotePredictor forecast gives Lombardo a 67% chance of beating Aaron Ford, with a predicted margin of Lombardo +1.8. That is a Lean R race: Lombardo wins about two times in three, and Ford in the other 33%.
What the forecast is built on
The forecast starts from the 5 public polls in the forecast window, whose plain average is Ford +0.1. Each poll is corrected for its voter screen and its pollster's measured house effect first (the “Adjusted” column below).
- The polls, weighted and corrected, read Lombardo +0.9.
- The fundamentals (the state's presidential lean, incumbency, the last result and the national environment) read Lombardo +10.9.
- The published forecast blends the two, mostly on the polls, at Lombardo +1.8.
Misses of a few points are common, so a 1.8-point lead is a 67% chance and not a lock.
How the forecast has moved
| Date | Lombardo's chance | Predicted margin |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2 | 61% | Lombardo +4.2 |
| May 7 | 61% | Lombardo +4.2 |
| Jun 4 | 66% | Lombardo +6.6 |
| Jul 2 | 66% | Lombardo +6.6 |
| Aug 6 | 66% | Lombardo +6.6 |
| Sep 1 | 66% | Lombardo +6.6 |
| Oct 1 | 78% | Lombardo +4.3 |
| Oct 20 | 74% | Lombardo +3.0 |
| Oct 27 (today) | 67% | Lombardo +1.8 |
The polls
5 polls are in today's forecast; 7 older ones have aged out and are shown dimmed. Margins are Democrat minus Republican.
The polls behind it
12 polls · 5 in today's forecast · newest firstDimmed polls are more than 61 days old. They stay on the record, but today's forecast no longer counts them. Each pollster name links to the poll's source.The VotePredictor margin is the poll after correcting for its pollster's record in past elections and for registered-voter or all-adult samples.
What everyone else says
Prediction markets
| Market | Lombardo's chance |
|---|---|
| Polymarket | 29% |
| Kalshi | 29% |
| VotePredictor | 67% |
Rating shops
| Forecaster | Rating | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report | Toss-up | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| Decision Desk HQ | Toss-up | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| Fox News | Toss-up | Oct. 20, 2026 |
| NBC News | Toss-up | Oct 26, 2026 |
| RealClearPolitics | Toss-up | Oct. 12, 2026 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Toss-up | Oct. 22, 2026 |
| Silver Bulletin | Toss-up | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| Inside Elections | Tilt R | Oct. 15, 2026 |
1 of 8 rating shops favor Lombardo, 7 call it a toss-up and none favor Ford. The markets average 29% for Lombardo; VotePredictor is 38 points more confident in Lombardo.
Can you trust this forecast?
Every VotePredictor forecast is scored after the election against the same outcomes as everyone else's. Across 615 past races (Senate, governor, House and president), our final forecasts rank #2 of every forecaster that covered them all (Brier score 0.075, lower is better); FiveThirtyEight is first at 0.074. The full record is on the forecaster rankings and methodology pages.
This article is regenerated every day from the VotePredictor forecast, the poll database, the prediction markets and the rating shops' latest published ratings. Live numbers are on the race page.