Marty O'Donnell (Nevada)
Marty O'Donnell (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Biography
Marty O'Donnell was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. O'Donnell's career experience includes working as a musician, composer, and audio director. He earned a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in 1977 and a graduate degree from the University of Southern California in 1981. O'Donnell has been affiliated with ASCAP, SAG/AFTRA, and AFM.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Susie Lee (D) | |
| James Lally (D) | ||
| Tera Anderson (R) | ||
 | Christopher Brandlin (R) | |
 | Ronda Kennedy (R) | |
 | Steve London (R) | |
 | Aury Nagy (R) | |
 | Marty O'Donnell (R) | |
| Lucena Parker (R) | ||
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2024
See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3
Incumbent Susie Lee defeated Drew Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susie Lee (D) | 51.4 | 191,304 |
 | Drew Johnson (R) | 48.6 | 181,084 | |
| Total votes: 372,388 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jon Kamerath (Independent American Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
Incumbent Susie Lee defeated RockAthena Brittain in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susie Lee | 91.8 | 33,901 |
 | RockAthena Brittain | 8.2 | 3,036 | |
| Total votes: 36,937 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Johnson | 32.0 | 10,519 |
 | Dan Schwartz | 22.3 | 7,351 | |
 | Elizabeth Helgelien | 20.6 | 6,784 | |
| Marty O'Donnell | 20.4 | 6,727 | |
 | Steve Schiffman | 1.8 | 594 | |
| Steve London | 1.5 | 495 | |
 | Brian Nadell | 1.4 | 446 | |
| Total votes: 32,916 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heidi Kasama (R)
Endorsements
O'Donnell received the following endorsements.
- Gov. Joe Lombardo (R)
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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Marty O'Donnell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Donnell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We have a government pushing the wrong priorities and a culture that mocks the beliefs, values, and people that built this country. Values like self-sacrifice, faith, integrity, fidelity, and valor are simply part of who we are. We live these values, not because the government tells us to, but because we know it’s the right thing to do. Moral obligations are freely chosen, not mandated by the government. I want to champion the family as critical for a child’s development and success. My approach, however, is inclusive, recognizing all who step up to provide for their children. It doesn’t take a village to raise a child, it takes a family; and it takes families to make a village.
- Our Founders wanted people to run for office, who had life experience, that served with purpose to make a difference, not to make a career out of it. I am running to make a difference for the people of Nevada. Home prices are 6x higher, government spending is 5x higher, groceries have risen twice as much as the incomes of regular families and yet the establishment in DC has refused to do anything about it. The Democrats and Susie Lee have put the priorities of big government, big corporate executives, union bosses, big tech, big pharma, big media, big whatever, over the priorities of Americans. That's why I decided I'm not going to take any corporate PAC money. The era of big influence in DC needs to end.
- When you send me to Washington, I know there's a lot of stuff that needs fixing, but we have to start somewhere. I’m going to fight to make sure we secure our borders ASAP. Mandated in our constitution, as a duty of our federal government, is securing our border. Right now, this is an epic failure. Millions of people come in without accounting for who they are, what they intend to do, or what (or who) they bring with them. And they’re being given access to all sorts of handouts at our expense. 20 million illegal immigrants since 2000 - more than the population of 47 of our states. This is insane and needs to be stopped.
Reagan said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
The power that exists at the heart of our federal government is the sugar cube that attracts all the ants of special interests. Democratic Free Market Capitalism is the remedy against the easy access to power and must be restored.
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Campaign website
O'Donnell's campaign website stated the following:
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Middle-Class Champion If the 1900s was a century of rapid middle-class growth and an explosion in small businesses, then the 2000s has been an era of big influence. We have time to change this, but we need leaders who will fight to make it happen. It’s easy to look at the economy and realize that something has gone horribly wrong. Working people, the middle class, and small businesses have been losing ground over the past 20 years. The goose that lays the golden eggs for our country has been kicked around and squeezed to the point where laying more golden eggs is almost impossible. Consider that since 2000 the cost of food has risen more than double the rise in average household income. The cost of a home has risen 6 times and the amount of government spending 5 and a half times. The S&P 500 has gone up 9 times more than the rise in average household income. Government-created inflation is making life unaffordable, but not for those at the top, only for those outside the 1% class. No one expects government to make their life easier, they just don’t want it to make their life harder. But, unfortunately for too long that’s been the outcome. When I’m elected, you’ll have a champion in Congress who will fight for you every day and ensure government stays out of your way and keeps its foot off your back, to ensure you can live the best life possible and provide a future for yourself and the next generation.
My pledge is not to accept one penny of corporate PAC money. We currently have too many politicians who rail against the big entities and experts that got us into this mess but turn around and vacuum up corporate donations for their campaigns. My opponent Susie Lee is one of the largest recipients of corporate PAC money in all of government. Today, the big entities in our country, whether it be big government, big corporate executives, big union bosses, big tech, big pharma, big media, big whatever—they are doing just fine. They have the power, they have the access and influence, they have the politicians. The people I care about are those who wake up every morning and put in a hard day’s work but still struggle to stay above water. They don’t have a lobbyist, they don’t have a PAC, but they’ll have a Congressman if I’m elected.
We have a government pushing the wrong priorities and a culture that mocks the beliefs, the values, and the people who built this country. Most Americans aren’t afraid to work to provide for their families. Values like self-sacrifice, faith, integrity, fidelity, and valor are simply part of who we are. We live these values not because the government tells us to but because we know it’s the right thing to do. Moral obligations are freely chosen, not mandated by government. Our sad reality is that many children in our country are suffering. Years of ridiculing and demeaning “family values” have taken a toll. Our society’s strength, fundamentally linked to the vitality of the family structure, has been eroded, and children are the casualties. We can ensure our children get the best start in life - “follow the science,” as my liberal friends say - by supporting two-parent and kinship households that help love and nurture them. They’ll likely be healthier individuals, better parents themselves, and better members of society as adults. I will champion the family as critical for children’s development and success. My approach, however, is inclusive, recognizing all who step up to provide for their children, because it doesn’t take a village to raise a child; it takes a family, and it takes families to make a village.
Mandated in our constitution as a duty of our federal government is securing our border. Right now, this is an epic failure. Millions of people come in without accounting for who they are, what they intend to do, or what (or who) they bring with them. And they’re being given access to all sorts of benefits at our expense. At a minimum, the federal government and the state governments should be working together to enforce existing laws and secure the border. Seeing our government at war with itself is unacceptable. Ultimately, we must enforce existing laws and build what is needed to ensure we have proper control over our border, and we must aggressively target the exploitation of migrants and drug and people trafficking into our country. [2] |
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| —Marty O'Donnell’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 30, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marty O'Donnell for Congress, “Marty's Platform,” accessed June 5, 2024
