How many Democratic Senate Incumbents will not win their Primary?
- Will Democratic Senate incumbents win all their nominating elections in the 2026 cycle?87¢
- Will Democratic Senate incumbents not win in exactly one nominating election in the 2026 cycle?12¢
- Will Democratic Senate incumbents not win in exactly two nominating elections in the 2026 cycle?2¢
- Will Democratic Senate incumbents not win in exactly three nominating elections in the 2026 cycle?<1¢
- Will Democratic Senate incumbents not win in more than four nominating elections in the 2026 cycle?<1¢
The 2026 midterm elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, with congressional primaries running from March through September. This market will resolve according to the number of Democratic Senate incumbents who do not win their nominating election to move on to the general election as a result of the 2026 midterm primary elections. An incumbent will be considered not to have won their election if they are not declared the winner of the election they sought, including if they withdraw, suspend, or otherwise leave the race at any point after officially registering as a candidate, regardless of the reason. Incumbents who do not officially register as candidates for reelection will not be considered. This market will resolve based on the results of all Senate nominating elections, including party primaries, top-two or jungle primaries, and primaries for special elections, that are scheduled to occur between March 1 and September 30, 2026. If a required runoff for any such election or a subsequent qualifying round in a non-partisan primary system could change the market’s outcome, the market will remain open until that contest is conclusively called by this market’s resolution sources. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time of their nominating election. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democratic or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus prior to the conclusion of the relevant nominating election. The resolution source for this market will be the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources have conclusively called all relevant nominating elections. If all three sources do not achieve consensus in calling the relevant races for this market, it will resolve based on official state certification of the nominating election results.
Democratic Senate incumbents seeking renomination in 2026 face limited primary opposition, supporting the strong trader consensus favoring zero losses. With 13 Democratic seats up and several open due to retirements, sitting senators such as Cory Booker, John Hickenlooper, Jon Ossoff, and Jeff Merkley have advanced or face only minor challengers on ballots. Recent state primaries show no Democratic incumbent defeats, contrasting with Republican primary losses elsewhere, while competitive Democratic contests center on open seats in states like Michigan and Minnesota. Low enthusiasm for progressive challenges against established officeholders, combined with historical base rates of near-universal incumbent renomination success, keeps probabilities for one or more upsets minimal ahead of remaining August and later primary dates.