2026 Senate

Massachusetts Senate race odds

As of Oct 3, 2026, prediction markets give Democrat Ed Markey a 98% chance of winning the 2026 Massachusetts Senate race over Republican John Deaton (Kalshi 99%, Polymarket 98%).

Updated · prices refresh every 10 minutes

Ed Markey (D)98%
John Deaton (R) 2%
Market rating
Safe D
Kalshi (D / R)
98.6% / 1.4%
Polymarket (D / R)
98.1% / 1.9%
Gap between exchanges
0.4 pts
Election Day
Nov 3, 2026 (32 days)

Share prices

Each contract pays $1 if that outcome happens. The price is what traders are paying now, so 60¢ means roughly a 60% chance. Bid is the best offer to buy, ask the best offer to sell.

ContractPriceBidAskLast24h
Ed Markey99¢99¢99¢99¢0¢
John Deaton1¢1¢2¢1¢0¢
Volume $23KAs of Oct 3, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT
ContractPriceBidAskLast24h
Ed Markey98¢98¢98¢98¢—
John Deaton2¢1¢2¢3¢0¢
Volume $49KAs of Oct 3, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT

Market activity

How much is trading, where the money is going, and the live order book.

Kalshi0contracts traded (24h)
Kalshi21Kcontracts open
Polymarket$6traded (24h)
Polymarket$109Kin the order book
1 month▲ 1¢Ed Markey

Money flow · last 24 hours

Loading recent trades…

Order book · Polymarket · Ed Markey

Loading the live order book…

Money waiting to buy (green) and sell (red) at each price. Refreshes every 30 seconds.

Trade tape

Connecting…
WhenExchangeTradePriceAmount
Loading trades…

Polymarket trades appear live. Kalshi trades are collected every 10 minutes for the most active contracts. Blue backs the Democrat, red the Republican.

Social pulse

Social data byLunarCrush

What social media is saying about the candidates, next to what the markets are betting.

Interactions (24h)
86K
People posting
66
Sentiment
58% positive
This week vs. last
▼ 49%
Social interactions, last 30 days
What people connect with Markey
debatetermdonald trumprepubliclearningalgorithmopinionchair$rcifuture

Top posts right now

Price history

Democratic odds rose 2.4 points over the past 3 months, from 96% to 98%.

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 5Aug 19Oct 3
KalshiPolymarketDemocratic odds, Jul 5 – Oct 3

Every candidate, by exchange

Each exchange's prices rescaled to add up to 100%. Kalshi prices are the bid–ask midpoint; Polymarket prices are its displayed price.

Kalshi open market ↗

OutcomeChanceVolume
Ed Markey (D)98.6%$9K
John Deaton (R)1.4%$14K

Polymarket open market ↗

OutcomeChanceVolume
Ed Markey (D)98.1%$35K
John Deaton (R)1.9%$13K

Questions about this race

Who is favored to win the 2026 Massachusetts Senate race?

As of Oct 3, 2026, prediction markets give Democrat Ed Markey a 98% chance of winning the 2026 Massachusetts Senate race over Republican John Deaton (Kalshi 99%, Polymarket 98%).

What do Kalshi and Polymarket say?

Kalshi: Democrats 99%, Republicans 1%. Polymarket: Democrats 98%, Republicans 2%. The two exchanges differ by 0.4 points.

How have the odds moved this week?

Democratic odds are essentially unchanged since Sep 26, 2026.

When is the 2026 election?

Election Day is Nov 3, 2026, 32 days from now.

Other Massachusetts races in 2026

Closest Senate races in 2026

Data

Cite as: Parlay the People, “2026 Massachusetts Senate race,” https://parlaythepeople.com/2026/senate/massachusetts/, accessed Oct 3, 2026. Prediction-market prices are crowd forecasts, not certainties, and nothing here is betting or investment advice.

Data partnerLunarCrushThe Pulse, our social buzz and sentiment data, is powered by LunarCrush. How it works