Reddest state to elect a Democratic senator in 2026?
Texas leads at 37% (about 4 in ten) on Kalshi, as of Oct 5, 07:48 UTC. It's down 0.5 points in the last 24 hours.
The odds
as of Oct 5, 07:48 UTC
Texas37%−0.5
Kansas19%+1
Alaska13%+5
North Carolina12%+12
South Carolina9%—
Iowa5.5%—
Mississippi4.5%—
Ohio3.5%+1
Traded today$10K
Traded in all$131K
Favourite, 7 days−1 pts
Texas, the last 7 days
Kalshi price
Sep 28: 38% · Sep 29: 38% · Sep 30: 37% · Oct 1: 37% · Oct 2: 37% · Oct 3: 37% · Oct 4: 37% · Oct 5: 37%
How it resolves
Kalshi's rule, word for word
(Each outcome is its own contract. This is the rule for the favourite, Texas; the others read the same way with their own outcome.) If Texas is the state with the highest 2024 Trump-minus-Harris presidential margin among states where a Democratic candidate wins a 2026 U.S. Senate election, then the market resolves to Yes. A state's 2024 margin is Donald Trump's share of that state's certified 2024 presidential vote minus Kamala Harris's share, per the Federal Election Commission's official 2024 presidential general election results. The margin is negative where Harris won. A state qualifies only if the certified winner of its 2026 regular or special U.S. Senate election, after any required runoff or ranked-choice tabulation, is listed on the general-election ballot as a Democrat (including Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party). Independent and third-party winners do NOT count, even if they caucus with Democrats. Each state's winner is as certified by that state's official election authority. An unlisted qualifying state with the highest margin, or no qualifying state, makes every named market resolve NO.
Settlement sources: Federal Election Commission; Mississippi Secretary of State; Louisiana Secretary of State; Montana Secretary of State; South Carolina State Election Commission; Kansas Secretary of State; Texas Secretary of State; Iowa Secretary of State; Alaska Division of Elections; the Florida Division of Elections; Ohio Secretary of State; North Carolina State Board of Elections; Georgia Secretary of State; Michigan Secretary of State; New Hampshire Secretary of State; Minnesota Secretary of State; Virginia Department of Elections