Upset Brief · TX-22 · Marquette Greene-Scott (D) vs. Trever Nehls (R)
A long shot on the math: it takes a 19.9-point national wave.
<1%
odds today
<1%
odds with the plan
52,088
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 19
Where
- 01+125Precinct 2007 (Fort Bend County)Starting line Greene-Scott +4. 4.1% split their ticket.
- 02+124Precinct 1006 (Fort Bend County)Starting line Nehls +27. 2.8% split their ticket.
- 03+121Precinct 3129 (Fort Bend County)Starting line Greene-Scott +5. 4.6% split their ticket.
- 04+112Precinct 1148A (Fort Bend County)Starting line Nehls +22. 2.8% split their ticket.
- 05+90Precinct 772 (Harris County)Starting line Nehls +26. 5.7% split their ticket.
- 06+89Precinct 1146 (Fort Bend County)Starting line Nehls +9. 4.5% split their ticket.
The top 12 precincts carry 22% of the plan.
How
- P+4,096Persuade4,096 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Nehls today.
- M+294MobilizeAt least 5,459 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Greene-Scott's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+820ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the precincts that lean Greene-Scott's way.
Plus a national shift of 19.9 points of margin (46,879 votes) that no campaign controls.
What has to be true
- Greene-Scott wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Nehls.
- In Precinct 4040 (Fort Bend County) and Precinct 4074 (Fort Bend County), 35 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
- The national environment moves about 19.9 points toward Greene-Scott'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 regression158 precincts, R² 0.993, 25 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 7-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -74,334 to -19,646 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Greene-Scott $127 cash on hand; Nehls $23,259.
- 04Call program for this list11,036 households, 33,109 dials, about 1,735 live conversations: an estimated $4,924 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Texas 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.