IN Senate 26 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED
IN Senate 26 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 13.8 with 65% of the component weight available: own-race competitiveness and state-level Democratic primary contestation.
THE MEMBER
Scott Alexander holds IN state Senate district 26 as a Republican. The Open States roster is the identity source; the seat is next regularly contested in 2026 on a 4-year term.
ocd-person/75d45200-93a5-45b7-90c2-9b3014d7f827THE DISTRICT
The official state returns record R+21.9 in the 2022 general election for this seat. The margin here is the seat's own race, not a presidential overlay; state campaign-finance filings are not retained.
SCORE ANATOMY
The official state returns record R+21.9 in the 2022 general election for this seat. A tied district begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.
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State campaign-finance filings are not retained, so the weight is omitted.
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County-level local context is joined to House districts only, so the weight is omitted.
Share of the state's latest retained state-legislative Democratic primaries that drew more than one named candidate, scaled so 40% contested equals 100.
CURRENT TERM
Formula renormalized(0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state contestation) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 0.65)
Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger