Upset Brief · WY-AL · Lisa Kinney (D) vs. Chuck Gray (R)
A long shot on the math: it takes a 43.8-point national wave.
0%
odds today
0%
odds with the plan
95,951
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 6
Where
- 01+2,309Laramie CountyStarting line Gray +36. 13.9% split their ticket.
- 02+1,239Teton CountyStarting line Kinney +26. 17.4% split their ticket. 3,068 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 03+1,076Natrona CountyStarting line Gray +51. 8.3% split their ticket.
- 04+1,069Albany CountyStarting line Gray +7. 14.7% split their ticket.
- 05+845Fremont CountyStarting line Gray +43. 10.9% split their ticket.
- 06+539Sheridan CountyStarting line Gray +53. 7.7% split their ticket.
The top 12 counties carry 91% of the plan.
How
- P+7,813Persuade7,813 voters who split their ticket in recent elections and lean Gray today.
- M+227MobilizeAt least 3,068 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in counties where Kinney's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+1,063ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the counties that lean Kinney's way.
Plus a national shift of 43.8 points of margin (86,848 votes) that no campaign controls.
What has to be true
- Kinney wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters now leaning Gray.
- In Teton County, 35 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
- The national environment moves about 43.8 points toward Kinney'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 regression428 precincts, R² 0.994, 80 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 7-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -109,934 to -63,506 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through July 29Kinney $2,010 cash on hand; Gray $240,146.
- 04Call program for this list14,994 households, 44,982 dials, about 2,357 live conversations: an estimated $6,318 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Wyoming 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.