Upset Brief · WA-06 · Teresa Fox (R) vs. Emily Randall (D), incumbent
A long shot on the math: it takes a 13.8-point national wave.
1%
odds today
3%
odds with the plan
56,968
net votes to find
36
days left; voting starts October 16
Where
- 01+49Precinct 26-345 (Pierce County)Starting line Randall +2. 11.1% split their ticket.
- 02+44CP1 00000263 (Kitsap County)Starting line Fox +23. 5.4% split their ticket. About 284 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
- 03+43Pickering (Mason County)Starting line Fox +15. 7.7% split their ticket. About 146 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
- 04+40CP7 00000157 (Kitsap County)Starting line Fox +27. 3.9% split their ticket. About 268 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
- 05+39Precinct 27-461 (Pierce County)Starting line Randall +22. 8.0% split their ticket.
- 06+39Precinct 26-338 (Pierce County)Starting line Fox +13. 8.9% split their ticket. About 86 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022 (estimate).
The top 12 precincts carry 5% of the plan.
How
- P+7,822Persuade7,822 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Randall today.
- M+736MobilizeAt least 10,805 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in precincts where Fox's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+441ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the precincts that lean Fox's way.
Plus a national shift of 13.8 points of margin (47,968 votes) that no campaign controls.
What has to be true
- Fox wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Randall.
- In CP7 00000157 (Kitsap County) and CP1 00000263 (Kitsap County), 35 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
- It would take a national shift of about 13.8 points toward Fox's side, larger than any midterm swing in recent memory.
- 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 regression661 precincts, R² 0.977, 140 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 7-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -88,698 to -7,345 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through July 15Fox $2,836 cash on hand; Randall $241,631.
- 04Call program for this list19,120 households, 57,359 dials, about 3,006 live conversations: an estimated $7,107 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Washington Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 and 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 27, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.