Will the Republican Party win the TX-03 House seat?

Prediction markets currently give a 88% probability that Will the Republican Party win the TX-03 House seat?. This contract trades at 88¢ on Polymarket, closing November 3, 2026. The market is pricing Republicans as heavy favorites at 88% to retain TX-03, but the extreme 1334% implied yield on the "No" side signals severe illiquidity and potential mispricing of the underdog position—especially concerning given zero 24-hour volume and only $18.9k open interest.

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88¢
Bid/Ask 87/88¢·Spread 1¢·Vol $0·OI $25,406.528·Closes Nov 3, 2026·195d remaining
0xbef390719c21c870d4abc14af2d860a878eec7c197899e99fe42ef7e817aa903
7-day price18 snapshots · 3 regime
88¢88¢ current
Apr 885¢Apr 15

Analysis

5d ago

The market is pricing Republicans as heavy favorites at 88% to retain TX-03, but the extreme 1334% implied yield on the "No" side signals severe illiquidity and potential mispricing of the underdog position—especially concerning given zero 24-hour volume and only $18.9k open interest. The 201-day timeframe to the November 2026 election provides ample time for political shifts, yet the tight 1¢ spread and neutral regime score suggest the market lacks conviction despite the lopsided probability, warranting caution on the reliability of this pricing.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the TX-03 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 4, 2026. ​A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).

Indicators

IY (Yes) 25.5%
IY (No) 1371.5%
Adj IY 686%
CRI 7
▶ Full indicator table (4)
IndicatorValue
IY (Yes)25.5%
IY (No)1371.5%
Adj IY686%
CRI7

Regime

Label
neutral
Score
0.409
Spread
1¢
Computed
4/21/2026, 8:20:52 PM
Observability mediumEvent type political
Indicators computed 4/21/2026, 8:08:17 PM

Trade

View on polymarketsf trade 0xbef390719c21c870d4abc14af2d860a878eec7c197899e99fe42ef7e817aa903 yes 100

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