U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
Nebraska's 3rd District
Adrian Smith win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Smith by 19.5
Republican
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Adrian Smith
Raised $1.8M · $1.0M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Becky Lynn Stille
Raised $55K · $15K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Adrian Smith. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $86K in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
- Jun 30Becky Lynn Stille had raised $55KFEC filing
- Jun 30Adrian Smith had raised $1.8MFEC 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 ›