Will the Republican Party win the NJ-06 House seat?

Prediction markets currently give a 10% probability that Will the Republican Party win the NJ-06 House seat?. This contract trades at 10¢ on Polymarket, closing November 3, 2026. This market displays extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $29,491 in open interest, suggesting the 10¢ price may not reflect genuine market consensus but rather stale positioning.

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10¢
Bid/Ask 9/10¢·Spread 1¢·Vol $0·OI $32,352.894·Closes Nov 3, 2026·195d remaining
0x68cee421638b1df2148631bd3a96758f9c7db3af2f221fd49bea01e2be1b8822

Analysis

5d ago

This market displays extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $29,491 in open interest, suggesting the 10¢ price may not reflect genuine market consensus but rather stale positioning. The 1,637% implied yield on the "Yes" side is extraordinarily high and mathematically unsustainable, indicating severe mispricing or a liquidity trap where the small position size makes the contract economically unrealistic. With a high cliff risk index of 9 and 201 days to expiration, this appears to be a speculative long-shot bet on Republican performance in a traditionally Democratic New Jersey district, but the absence of trading activity raises questions about whether this price discovery mechanism is functioning properly.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the NJ-06 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) 1683.8%
IY (No) 20.8%
Adj IY 842%
CRI 9
▶ Full indicator table (4)
IndicatorValue
IY (Yes)1683.8%
IY (No)20.8%
Adj IY842%
CRI9

Regime

Label
neutral
Score
0.5
Spread
1¢
Computed
4/21/2026, 9:51:49 PM
Indicators computed 4/21/2026, 9:38:18 PM

Trade

View on polymarketsf trade 0x68cee421638b1df2148631bd3a96758f9c7db3af2f221fd49bea01e2be1b8822 yes 100

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