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Texas Senate

Gene Kelly (D) vs Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)

Actual result
R+32.8
Final polls said
R+32.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+32.00.8
2Scripps HowardR+32.00.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-0317907R+32.01
Scripps Howard2000-11-01844R+32.01
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-133631R+26.07