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SOUTHARD, MATTHEW SCOTT MR

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FEC candidate id
H4TX06240
Internal id
7d3ee78d-18ce-4424-8e85-7262aa6af0e8
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), TX-06. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation793,946
PeopleMedian age36
IncomeMedian household income$79,905
IncomePer-capita income$35,515
IncomeIn poverty11.7%
IncomeUnemployed4.7%
IncomeGini inequality index0.433
RaceWhite alone52.3%
RaceBlack alone14.1%
RaceAsian alone3.6%
RaceHispanic or Latino34.9%
RaceTwo or more races18.1%
OriginForeign-born17.4%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home68.3%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home26.5%
EducationHigh school or higher54.3%
EducationBachelor's or higher26.3%
EducationAdvanced degree8.7%
HouseholdFamily households73.4%
HouseholdAvg household size2.89
HouseholdNever married (15+)31.9%
HousingMedian home value$277,000
HousingMedian gross rent$1,480
HousingSingle-family detached67.2%
HousingBuilt before 19402.5%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)5.2%
HousingVacant units8.6%
ServiceVeterans (18+)6.0%
HealthWith a disability12.0%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband90.2%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet7.6%
CommuteDrove alone75.2%
CommutePublic transit0.3%
CommuteWorked from home11.4%

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 25.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
R (major party)+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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