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80 Days to the 2026 Midterms: What Prediction Markets Are Pricing Now
November 3 is 80 days away. House control, Senate math, and gubernatorial races are already live on Predictagon’s News Hub and marketplace — including a noisy Wisconsin governor tape.
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- Author
- Dr. Elena Rodriguez
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The calendar just flipped from “early” to “now” The 2026 midterms are on November 3, 2026 . From August 14 that is 81 calendar days — close enough that base rates start to matter more than trial heat theater. Historically the president’s party loses House seats in midterms. Markets know that. What they do not know is how many , which Senate seats actually flip, and which gubernatorial races become nationalized. Those are the contracts worth a page on Predictagon — not a generic “will the economy be an issue?” Where the tape is live today The is currently heavy on Politico sourced Wisconsin items: whether Crowley wins the governor race, whether the Assembly stays Democratic, whether Francesca Hong loses the Democratic primary, and whether national progressives (Sanders, AOC, Schiff) get pulled into the story. That cluster is a feature, not a bug: state races often reprice before national House…