Democratic
Rhonda Hart
Major-party general-election nominee.
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Texas District 36 election, 2026
Rhonda Hart vs. Brian Babin on a newly enacted 2026 district map.
VotePredictor forecast
Brian Babin favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+19.5
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+25.32026 national environment
D+6.5District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.8 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Republican incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Brian Babin
Incumbent representative for TX-36. Voting record, ideology and biography →
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for TX-36. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Other forecasts
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