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SHERMAN, LEA

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FEC candidate id
H2NJ09156
Internal id
65bc0870-2b12-4988-b235-b2566c4972a1
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), NJ-08. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation763,596
PeopleMedian age36
IncomeMedian household income$84,356
IncomePer-capita income$51,352
IncomeIn poverty15.6%
IncomeUnemployed6.5%
IncomeGini inequality index0.513
RaceWhite alone30.9%
RaceBlack alone9.1%
RaceAsian alone11.6%
RaceHispanic or Latino51.2%
RaceTwo or more races21.8%
OriginForeign-born46.0%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home35.5%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home44.0%
EducationHigh school or higher66.7%
EducationBachelor's or higher41.4%
EducationAdvanced degree17.3%
HouseholdFamily households59.9%
HouseholdAvg household size2.45
HouseholdNever married (15+)43.3%
HousingMedian home value$519,200
HousingMedian gross rent$1,808
HousingSingle-family detached8.8%
HousingBuilt before 19407.3%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)8.3%
HousingVacant units6.4%
ServiceVeterans (18+)1.6%
HealthWith a disability10.3%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband90.6%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet7.4%
CommuteDrove alone36.4%
CommutePublic transit27.0%
CommuteWorked from home17.7%

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Election prediction

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

P(win) = 15.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%

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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