Ryan
McComb
At a glance
I’m a sophomore at Evanston Township High School. Most of what I’m interested in circles around elections, prediction markets, and data, though there’s plenty else in the mix. Economics pulls me in sometimes too, but anyway, I digress. I swim for my club and high school teams, take photos for our local professional frisbee team, and hang out with friends.
I’m a Student Fellow at VoteHub, where I work on pretty much whatever I want, but mainly elections and analysis, as part of a longer run of roles in elections and data.
The thing I’m probably most known for is IL9Cast, a forecasting aggregator I built for the IL-09 Democratic primary. It had two models: a fundy (fundamentals) model that forecast over a billion combinations down to the precinct level, and a prediction-market model tracking Kalshi and Manifold odds. The fundy model called Daniel Biss’s (more on him in a sec) vote share to within 0.8%. It was covered by Capitol Fax, the Evanston Roundtable, and the Daily Northwestern (also listed on press).
I’m on the editorial board at The Evanstonian, where I write and photograph, and I host the Project 2028 podcast. I also served as Volunteer Finance Lead on the Daniel Biss congressional campaign.
I also post online as @RyanJMcComb.