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AP Announces It’s Teaming Up With Prediction Market Site Kalshi Ahead of the Midterms

Mediaite · Jennifer Bowers Bahney · last updated

The Associated Press announced Monday that it’s teaming with prediction market Kalshi to make U.S. election results available via the platform that allows users to bet on outcomes of events like the 2026 midterms.

“AP will provide Kalshi with its vote count data and race calls for national and major state elections,” AP said in a statement

Kalshi has been credited with “creating and establishing the predictions market category as a financial asset class,” the statement said, and “has become a top destination to track election results, receiving over 500 million site visits during the 2024 presidential election.”

“Ingesting AP’s live vote data in addition to the native forecasts will provide Kalshi users with a new and improved way to engage with American democracy and the electoral process,” the statement said.

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