How many Republican House Incumbents will not win their Primary?
The 2026 midterm elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, with congressional primaries running from March through September.
- Current leader
- Republican House incumbents not 48%
- Largest 24h move
- Republican House incumbents not -11%
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- 1.5K
- Liquidity
- 21.3K
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Official descriptionHow this market is decided
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 Republican House 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.
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This market will resolve based on the results of all House 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.
Members of the House of Representatives who are "delegates” or “resident commissioners” not chosen by the people of a state are not included for purposes of resolving this market. 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.
Living timeline · 1 significant update
4-6 GOP House incumbent-loss market rises after new primary-season coverage
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Candidate probability over time
Odds chart showing latest Republican House incumbents not probability of 62%.
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Latest update
4-6 GOP House incumbent-loss market rises after new primary-season coverage
The 4-6 Republican House incumbent primary-loss outcome rose from 44.35% to 48.00% over 24 hours, as recent coverage highlighted an already difficult 2026 primary season for incumbents.
Why this matters
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Significant updates
Polymarket reported a 3.65-point 24-hour move in the Yes price for the outcome that four to six Republican House incumbents will not win nominating elections in the 2026 cycle. The move ran from 2026-06-23T18:45:44.934Z to 2026-06-24T18:45:44.934Z, taking the market from 44.35% to 48.00%. Supplied source snippets point to contemporaneous coverage of incumbent vulnerability: Center for Politics said the 2026 primary season had already surpassed the average number of incumbent losses, The Hill listed Senate and House incumbents who had lost primaries, and The Downballot framed the season as potentially getting tougher for House incumbents. These sources provide relevant context, but they do not confirm a direct cause for the market move, so the relationship appears contextual rather than causal.
What changed
The Yes price for the 4-6 GOP House incumbent primary-loss outcome increased by 3.65 percentage points, from 44.35% to 48.00%, over the supplied 24-hour window.
What to watch next
Watch for additional Republican House primary results, retirements, ballot-access developments, and updated reporting on incumbent vulnerability that could reshape expectations across the event’s outcome ranges.
Sources
- Morning Digest, sponsored by NDTC: A tough primary season may soon get worse for House incumbents - The Downballotsearchrelevance 75%· Google News RSS
Morning Digest, sponsored by NDTC: A tough primary season may soon get worse for House incumbents The Downballot
- The Primary Season: 2026 Already Surpasses Average Number of Incumbent Losses, and a Low Number of Incumbents are Running - Center For Politicssearchrelevance 75%· Google News RSS
The Primary Season: 2026 Already Surpasses Average Number of Incumbent Losses, and a Low Number of Incumbents are Running Center For Politics
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Here are Senate, House incumbents who’ve lost their primaries The Hill