Did Nevada’s 2nd congressional district just get interesting?

By: Hugh Jackson

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: February 8, 2026

Words: 638

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Since its creation after the 1980 census, only four people have been elected to the U.S. House from Nevada’s second congressional district, none of them Democrats. The closest a Democrat has come in the current century was in 2006, when Jill Derby lost to Republican Dean Heller by 5 points.

Democrats couldn’t even be bothered to run a candidate against Republican Mark Amodei in NV CD2 in 2024. Amodei ended up defeating an independent …

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