The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Lynn Chapman (Independent American).
Official candidate list: Clark County Election Department; Washoe County Registrar of Voters, 2026 General Election Contests (the District 2 candidates). Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Mark Amodei
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2011 · Age 68
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Nevada
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 28 days before by mail (postmarked), 5 days before online, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 52,031 votes
- Teresa Benitez-Thompson Won: 45.6% 23,706
- Greg Kidd: 22.5% 11,714
- Kathy Durham: 11.5% 5,973
- Morgan Wadsworth: 9.4% 4,877
- Matthew Fonken: 6.2% 3,204
6 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The primary · 81,424 votes
- David Flippo Won: 46.9% 38,174
- James Settelmeyer: 34.5% 28,131
- George Forbush: 4.1% 3,337
- Mike Smith: 3.4% 2,762
- Tom Doyle: 2.1% 1,717
8 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Nevada Secretary of State official primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $4.5M
- Outside money
- $3.6M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $363K of the race's $3.6M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
19 filed- Mark AmodeiRepublican$525K
- Kathy DurhamDemocrat$68K
- Matthew FonkenDemocrat$92K
- George ForbushRepublican$37K
- Greg KiddDemocrat$1.2M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 791K
- Median household income
- $85K
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.5%
- Without health insurance
- 9.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+19 in 2024
- Mark Amodei Won: 55.0%
- Greg Kidd: 36.1%
399,584 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 8.9%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between May 20, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.