Democrats Are Overperforming Across the Board in Special Elections

Each dot represents a 2025-26 special or regular election, showing how much the Democratic candidate outperformed Kamala Harris's 2024 margin in that district. Dots above zero indicate Democratic overperformance.

Margin shift calculated as the difference between the D-R margin in each special election and the 2024 presidential D-R margin in the same district. Flipped seats (all R→D) shown in red. Includes 93 completed races.
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