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Georgia Senate

Jon Ossoff (D) is favored to win the 2026 Georgia Senate race — about a 80% chance, winning by about 7 points in the projection, and the lead has grown lately. Updated daily from 17 polls.

Jon Ossoff (D)
80%
(R) Mike Collins
20%
Chance of winning the seatPredicted margin D+7.2

How the odds moved

AprJunAug

VotePredictor Elections' win probability for each party, rerun from the polls available on each date — hover the chart to read any day. The dashed line is even odds.

What the markets say

Chance of a Democratic win
VotePredictor Elections model80%
Polymarket118k volume94%
Kalshi344k volume92%

Market prices are shown for comparison and are never an input to the forecast — a 2024 test found blending Polymarket in made the model's calls measurably worse. Where the two disagree, one of them is wrong, and the track record is the only way to find out which.

Why this forecast

This forecast is poll-driven: 17 polls of the race so far. After weighting them by recency and correcting each pollster's house effect, the model (TabPFN) predicts D+7.2 — a 80% Democratic win.

Latest news

Jon Ossoff (D)
Mike Collins (R)

Headlines via NewsAPI, refreshed daily.

The polls behind it

17 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMargin
270toWin[97]2026-08-18D+8.0
InsiderAdvantage2026-08-17D+7.5
Race to the WH[53]2026-08-17D+8.8
FiftyPlusOne[98]2026-08-17D+8.2
RealClearPolitics[99]2026-08-17D+7.5

Frequently asked questions

Who is winning the 2026 Georgia Senate race?

VotePredictor's model favors Jon Ossoff (D), with roughly a 80% chance of winning and a projected margin of D+7.2.

What do the polls say in the Georgia Senate race?

There are 17 polls of this race. The most recent, from 270toWin[97] (2026-08-18), showed D+8.0. VotePredictor's poll-weighted projection is D+7.2.

Who are the candidates in the 2026 Georgia Senate race?

Jon Ossoff is the Democratic candidate; Mike Collins is the Republican.

When is the 2026 Georgia Senate election?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. VotePredictor refreshes this forecast every day until then.

Has the 2026 Georgia Senate forecast changed recently?

Yes — over the polls collected so far, Jon Ossoff's (D) lead has widened to 80%. The chart above tracks the full trajectory.

How does VotePredictor forecast the Georgia Senate race?

It is a poll-driven model. Recent polls are weighted by recency and adjusted for each pollster's historical house effect, then a machine-learning model (TabPFN) trained on U.S. races from 1998–2025 turns them into a projected margin and win probability.

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