Will the Republican Party win the VA-07 House seat?

Prediction markets currently give a 13% probability that Will the Republican Party win the VA-07 House seat?. This contract trades at 13¢ on Polymarket, closing November 4, 2026. This market shows extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $1.66M open interest, suggesting the $1,660 spread reflects stale pricing rather than active trading.

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13¢
Bid/Ask 4/23¢·Spread 19¢·Vol $0·OI $750.251·Closes Nov 4, 2026·196d remaining
0x45686d5a8bf5c8c3345c19d3b1af5cd96c4142fa971e6f58f7569935dfd852a1
7-day price668 snapshots · 2 regime
17¢13¢ current
Apr 84¢Apr 21

Analysis

4d ago

This market shows extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $1.66M open interest, suggesting the $1,660 spread reflects stale pricing rather than active trading. The 1215% implied yield on the Yes side is a classic sign of a deeply mispriced long-tail outcome—Republicans winning VA-07, a heavily Democratic district, would require a dramatic political shift. With 201 days to expiry and a realized volatility of 2075%, this market appears to be a speculative position holder's bet rather than an efficient price discovery mechanism, making the 14¢ quote potentially unreliable for decision-making.

Resolution rules

This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the VA-07 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) 1505.5%
IY (No) 23.0%
Adj IY 1505%
CRI 8
RV 2915%
VR 7.83
▶ Full indicator table (7)
IndicatorValue
IY (Yes)1505.5%
IY (No)23.0%
Adj IY1505%
CRI8
RV2915%
VR7.83
IAR3.1/h

Regime

Label
neutral
Score
0.5
Spread
19¢
Computed
4/21/2026, 8:19:47 PM
Indicators computed 4/21/2026, 8:08:17 PM

Trade

View on polymarketsf trade 0x45686d5a8bf5c8c3345c19d3b1af5cd96c4142fa971e6f58f7569935dfd852a1 yes 100

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