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Will a Republican win a Solid Democratic House district? on Kalshi
If the Republican Party has won at least 1 seat in the 2026 U.S. House elections in the Solid Democratic districts, then the market resolves to Yes.
Settles on: the New York Times, Fox News, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, NBC News, CBS News, CNN, the Associated Press, ABC News.
Market says (typical open contract)
50%
Median YES price across 1 open contract, 10 Nov 2026 04:28 UTC.
Real-world odds
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No independent base rate yet. Until we connect one (sportsbook consensus, forecasts, the score), the market's own price is the best public forecast, and the fee sits on top of it.
Luck needed meter
99% 😈
Mostly luck. The market itself expects the favorite to lose this often; the fee is the only certainty.
The cover charge
| If you buy at | Fee per contract | On $50 | Win rate to break even |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30¢ | 1.5¢ | $2.45 | 31.5% |
| 49¢ (now) | 1.7¢ | $1.79 | 50.7% |
| 50¢ | 1.8¢ | $1.75 | 51.7% |
| 70¢ | 1.5¢ | $1.05 | 71.5% |
| 90¢ | 0.6¢ | $0.35 | 90.6% |
Resting orders pay no fee on this series. Formula: 7% × contracts × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity. Break-even assumes you hold to settlement; trading out early pays the fee twice.
Open contracts right now
| Contract | YES price | Implied | Fee at this price | Real-world odds | Luck needed | Volume | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will the Republican Party win at least 1 seat in the 2026 U.S. House elections in the Solid Democratic districts? · Republicans | 50¢ | 50% | 1.7¢ | — | 99% | 3 | Nov 03, 14:00 UTC |
Who actually wins this market
- Whoever posts the resting orders and collects the spread without paying a fee.
- The venue, on every fee.
- Not, on average, the person clicking buy because the chart is going their way. That was us.
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