Upset Brief · OH-03 · Cleophus Dulaney (R) vs. Joyce Beatty (D), incumbent
A long shot on the math: it takes a 34.5-point national wave.
0%
odds today
0%
odds with the plan
103,182
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 6
Where
- 01+76New Albany-F (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +10. 14.3% split their ticket.
- 02+74New Albany-B (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +3. 15.1% split their ticket.
- 03+71Cols 82-E (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +17. 10.3% split their ticket.
- 04+67Ua 5-E (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +24. 13.0% split their ticket.
- 05+66Bexley 1-B (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +42. 12.2% split their ticket.
- 06+63Ua 6-D (Franklin County)Starting line Beatty +14. 11.1% split their ticket.
The top 12 precincts carry 6% of the plan.
How
- P+12,053Persuade12,053 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Beatty today.
- M+19MobilizeAt least 384 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Dulaney's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+278ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the precincts that lean Dulaney's way.
Plus a national shift of 34.5 points of margin (90,831 votes) that no campaign controls.
What has to be true
- Dulaney wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Beatty.
- The national environment moves about 34.5 points toward Dulaney's side between now and November 3.
- No 2026 public poll exists for this race, so the starting line is a weighted blend of official recent results; the first real poll will move it.
The numbers behind it
- 01Crossover regression544 precincts, R² 0.978, 99 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 7-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -122,027 to -59,978 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Dulaney no FEC totals reported; Beatty $2,776,821.
- 04Call program for this list17,447 households, 52,340 dials, about 2,743 live conversations: an estimated $6,918 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Ohio Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 and 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 26, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.