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Missouri’s 3rd District

U.S. House · MO-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 15.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 7%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 57.2%
  • Democrat 41.8%
  • Other 1.0%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
MO-3 57.2%41.8%1.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+13.0 54.5%−12.7 1.2%−0.2

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over2.6% (± 0.1)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Onder, Robert For Jr. · Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Onder, Robert For Jr.

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Holstein, Tommy

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Mann, Bethany

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Fraser, John G

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Onder Jr, Robert Frank

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 26.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 15.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • MO-2 Republican, toss-up
  • MO-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • MO-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • MO-6 Republican, safe seat
  • MO-8 Republican, safe seat
  • MO-4 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated