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U.S. House · Updated Oct 9

Michigan's 9th District

Lisa McClain win chance

>99%

Typical margin: McClain by 19.5

Republican

Steven Raymond Pooley 0%Lisa McClain 100%

Who's running

Lisa McClainRepublican · Incumbent
Steven Raymond PooleyDemocrat

The numbers behind it

Cook Political ReportAs of Sep 23, 2026Solid R
Money raisedFEC, through Jul 15, 2026McClain $5.2MPooley $8K
Campaign money

Lisa McClain

Raised $5.2M · $1.5M cash on hand · through Jul 15, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Steven Raymond Pooley

Raised $8K · $5K cash on hand · through Jul 15, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Lisa McClain. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.

Other filers in this race raised $28K in total.

Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.

How the numbers moved
  1. Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
  2. Jul 15Steven Raymond Pooley had raised $8KFEC filing
  3. Jul 15Lisa McClain had raised $5.2MFEC filing
How we got this number

We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.

90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+31.5 and R+7.1.

No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.

Our method ›