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Vermont › Vermont House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026

Vermont House of Representatives: Franklin-3 State House District

Fusion

Projected flip: Republican-held seat, Democrats favored (99%).

Kenyon is very likely to win: Kenyon wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.

Kenyon (D)
99%
chance of winning
Luneau (R)
1%
Average margin
D+22.4
80% of outcomes
D+12 to D+33
Partisan lean
D+33
Polls
No pollsmodel only

Projected flip: Republican-held seat, Democrats favored (100%).

Kenyon is very likely to win: Kenyon wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.

Kenyon (D)
>99%
chance of winning
Luneau (R)
<1%
Average margin
D+35.4
80% of outcomes
D+23 to D+48
Partisan lean
D+33
Polls
No pollsmodel only

How this race is decided

Named multi-member districts

Districts are named after counties and towns ('Chittenden-Central'). Senate districts elect one to three senators and House districts one or two members; voters pick as many as there are seats.

Progressive Party

Vermont's Progressive Party holds legislative seats and caucuses with the Democrats, so its candidates are forecast on the Democratic side and its seats count toward that majority.

Fusion voting

Candidates can run with several party nominations, often Democratic and Progressive (listed as 'Democratic/Progressive'), and their votes count together. The forecast uses the first-listed party.

Range of outcomes

Final margin across our simulations; the white dashes mark the middle 80%.

D+22.4R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40
D+35.4R+60R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40D+60

How the odds have moved

Chance of winning by forecast date.

0%25%50%75%100%AugSepOctNovNov 3Kenyon 99%Luneau 1%

Updated nightly. Each day is the current model run on the polls that had ended by then (how).

0%25%50%75%100%AugSepOctNovNov 3Kenyon >99%Luneau <1%

Updated nightly. Each day is the current model run on the polls that had ended by then (how).

The candidates

What goes into the forecast

Every ingredient's estimate of the final margin.

National environment
D+9.5Election Day forecast
Vermont state offices
−0.1Polls for governor, statewide and legislative races · details
Environment here
D+9.4Used by the fundamentals
Swing reaching this office
58%Of a shift in the environment, from past legislative races since 2016
New England adjustment
−2.0How legislative races in the region have run against lean and environment lately
← RepublicanDemocratic →Lean + environmentUsual vote, shifted by 58% of the environment andthe New England adjustmentD+33.5Fundamentals modelAdds incumbency, past results, money andexperienceD+22.3Polls in similar placesPolling of similar races in Vermont and look-alikeplacesD+22.5Polling averageNo polls of this racenot availableHorizon forecastPolls + fundamentals, projected to Election DayD+22.4Pulse forecastPolls (and polling of similar places) only, todayD+35.4

Each estimate is a margin before national and statewide uncertainty is simulated. Horizon blends polls, fundamentals and a little of the similar-places estimate, weighting each by how precise it is; Pulse uses polls and similar places only.

Fundamentals inputs
Incumbency (+1 D, −1 R)-1
Fundraising edge (log ratio of individual money)0.25
Elected-experience edge-0.67
First-term incumbent0
Seat's last result vs. expectation-30
Incumbent's last result vs. expectation-38.12

Polls

No public polls of this race. The forecast relies on fundamentals and on polling of similar places in the state.

The district

Lean D+33: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.

Presidential vote

← RepublicanDemocratic →2016 presidentD+22.9D+20.7 vs. nation2020 presidentD+35.4D+30.8 vs. nation

Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.

Who lives here

Population
6,954
People per km²
2,017
Adults with a B.A.+
32%
White, no degree
63%of adults
  • White 89%
  • Hispanic 2%
  • Asian 3%
  • Other / multiracial 6%

American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.

Past results

Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.

2024

2,088 votes · R+8.2
✓ Joe Luneau (R)53.9%
Mike McCarthy (D)45.7%

2022

1,610 votes · D+15.0
✓ Mike McCarthy (D)57.5%
Joe Luneau (R)42.5%

2020 President Vote in this district

1,981 two-party votes · D+35.4 · D+30.8 vs. the nation
✓ Joe Biden (D)67.7%
Donald Trump (R)32.3%

2016 President Vote in this district

1,417 two-party votes · D+22.9 · D+20.7 vs. the nation
✓ Hillary Clinton (D)61.5%
Donald Trump (R)38.5%