Will John Mills be the Republican nominee for AL-01?

Prediction markets currently give a 2% probability that Will John Mills be the Republican nominee for AL-01?. This contract trades at 2¢ on Polymarket, closing May 19, 2026. This market shows extremely thin liquidity with just $5 in 24-hour volume against $9.48M open interest, suggesting the 2¢ price may not reflect genuine conviction but rather a lack of active trading.

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2¢
Bid/Ask 2/3¢·Spread 1¢·Vol $82.56·OI $16,099.914·Closes May 19, 2026·27d remaining
0x69e616c779b14bccde49d08911f11303709bc9cf348e68ed2e9980af0d312e53
7-day price41 snapshots · 3 regime
4¢2¢ current
Apr 121¢Apr 21

Analysis

4d ago

This market shows extremely thin liquidity with just $5 in 24-hour volume against $9.48M open interest, suggesting the 2¢ price may not reflect genuine conviction but rather a lack of active trading. The flat price movement over 7 days and tight 2¢ spread indicate minimal market activity, making this quote potentially unreliable for assessing Mills' actual nomination odds. With the market closing on the primary date itself (5/19/2026), there's minimal time for price discovery, and the massive open interest relative to volume suggests this could be a legacy position or liquidity trap rather than an actively managed market.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve according to the candidate who wins the nomination for the Republican Party to contest the AL-01 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The Republican primary will take place on May 19, 2026. If no nominee is announced by November 3, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other". The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of official Republican sources, including https://www.rnc.org/. Any replacement of the nominee before election day will not change the resolution of the market.

Indicators

IY (Yes) 43417.2%
IY (No) 41.5%
Adj IY 21709%
CRI 32
Overround 0.0%
▶ Full indicator table (5)
IndicatorValue
IY (Yes)43417.2%
IY (No)41.5%
Adj IY21709%
CRI32
Overround0.0%

Regime

Label
neutral
Score
0.5
Spread
1¢
Computed
4/21/2026, 8:24:36 PM
Indicators computed 4/21/2026, 7:38:17 PM

Trade

View on polymarketsf trade 0x69e616c779b14bccde49d08911f11303709bc9cf348e68ed2e9980af0d312e53 yes 100

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