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Amodei wins, Titus and Horsford have solid lead, Lee in a tight race • Nevada Current
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Amodei wins, Titus and Horsford have solid lead, Lee in a tight race • Nevada Current

The Associated Press expected Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei to win his reelection bid on Tuesday. The rest of the U.S. House of Representatives delegation — a trio of Democrats — was still in to-be-called races, with one of them leading her Republican challenger by less than a few percentage points.

In Nevada’s third congressional district, Democratic Rep. Susie Lee with 50.7% of the votes, slightly ahead of Republican challenger Drew Johnson’s 49.3% at the end of Tuesday.

The Associated Press predicted that Republican Amodei would hold on to the solidly red 2nd Congressional District, which he has held since 2012. The race had no Democratic candidate, but Amodei stood for impartiality Greg Kiddwho had 36% compared to Amodei’s 57% when the AP called the race.

The Democratic Rep. Dina Titus held a five-point lead over her Republican opponent, retired U.S. Army Colonel Mark Robertson. If Titus wins, it will be the second straight election that she has defeated Robertson in Nevada’s 1st congressional district.

Titus has held the solidly Democratic district since 2012. This is the second time Titus has been re-elected to the seat after it was redistributed in 2021, with thousands of registered Democrats from CD1 to other Democratic districts.

With an estimated 80% of votes reported, U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford had a nearly nine-point lead Tuesday evening former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, a Republican, for the 4th Congressional District.

“Despite the deep rifts that exist in our politics today, we must find ways to come together and find solutions to our toughest challenges,” Horsford said at a Democratic watch party after the results were announced. “My promise to you is to work just as hard to build our communities and not tear them down. That we bring people together through a coalition, and not divide ourselves through racist rhetoric.”

Horsford, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and the most high-profile Nevadan in the House of Representatives, was first elected in 2012.

He then lost re-election to Republican Rep. Crescent Hardy in 2014, a “red wave” year. He later reclaimed the seat in 2018.

Lee was first elected as a CD3 member in 2018, and a victory would make her the first person since the district’s creation after the 2000 census to win the seat four times. The district is considered competitive by both parties every campaign cycle.

Early in the year, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans, viewed all Democratic-held seats in Nevada as possible improvements that would help the Republican Party maintain control of the House of Representatives. But as the campaign season progressed, those hopes diminished and NRCC focused its efforts on what appeared to be more promising races.