Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Republican primary)
- Primary date: June 14
- Mail-in registration deadline: May 17
- Online reg. deadline: June 9
- In-person reg. deadline: June 14
- Early voting starts: May 28
- Early voting ends: June 10
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: June 14
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
Election details |
Filing deadline: March 18, 2022 |
Primary: June 14, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Nevada |
Race ratings |
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022 |
See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Nevada elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
A Republican Party primary took place on June 14, 2022, in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Incumbent Mark Amodei advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]
This page focuses on Nevada's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primary)
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Danny Tarkanian, Joel Beck, Catherine Sampson, and Brian Nadell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Amodei | 54.9 | 49,779 |
![]() | Danny Tarkanian | 32.6 | 29,563 | |
![]() | Joel Beck | 7.4 | 6,744 | |
Catherine Sampson | 3.3 | 3,010 | ||
![]() | Brian Nadell | 1.8 | 1,614 |
Total votes: 90,710 | ||||
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Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Mark Amodei | Republican Party | $1,219,753 | $1,264,415 | $279,654 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Joel Beck | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Brian Nadell | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Catherine Sampson | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Danny Tarkanian | Republican Party | $761,066 | $752,151 | $8,915 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Nevada in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Nevada, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Nevada | U.S. House | All candidates | N/A | $300.00 | 3/18/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Nevada District 2
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Nevada District 2
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Nevada | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() |
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |
Nevada's 1st | 53.2% | 44.7% | 61.5% | 36.4% |
Nevada's 2nd | 43.1% | 54.1% | 43.6% | 53.6% |
Nevada's 3rd | 52.4% | 45.7% | 49.1% | 48.9% |
Nevada's 4th | 53.0% | 44.8% | 50.9% | 47.0% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nevada.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nevada in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 6, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 38 candidates filed to run in Nevada’s four U.S. House districts, including 21 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and five independent or third party candidates. That’s 9.5 candidates per district, less than the 10.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 10.5 candidates per district in 2018.
This was the first candidate filing deadline under new district lines following Nevada's decennial redistricting process. Nevada was apportioned four congressional districts, the same number it had after the 2010 census. Since Democrats and Republicans filed to run in every district, none were guaranteed to one party or the other at the time of the filing deadline.
All four incumbents filed for re-election and, of that total, three drew primary challengers leaving Rep. Steven Horsford (D) as the only incumbent uncontested in a primary. In Nevada, uncontested primaries are canceled, meaning Horsford was guaranteed to advance to the general election.
With all four incumbents seeking re-election, this left no open districts. The last time Nevada had an open U.S. House district was in 2018 with two.
The 2nd district drew the most candidate filings with 14 candidates running. This included five Republicans, including incumbent Rep. Mark Amodei, seven Democrats, and two third party candidates.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Nevada's 2nd the 162nd most Republican district nationally.[7]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Nevada's 2nd based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
43.1% | 54.1% |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2020
Nevada presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 17 Democratic wins
- 14 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | D | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Nevada and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Nevada | ||
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Nevada | United States | |
Population | 3,104,614 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 109,859 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 62.1% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 9.3% | 12.6% |
Asian | 8.3% | 5.6% |
Native American | 1.2% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0.7% | 0.2% |
Other (single race) | 10.8% | 5.1% |
Multiple | 7.5% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 28.9% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 86.9% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 25.5% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $62,043 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 12.8% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Nevada's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nevada, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Republican | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Nevada's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in Nevada, November 2022 | |
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Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Nevada State Legislature as of November 2022.
Nevada State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 12 | |
Republican Party | 9 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 21 |
Nevada State Assembly
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 25 | |
Republican Party | 16 | |
Vacancies | 1 | |
Total | 42 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Nevada was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Nevada Party Control: 1992-2022
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D |
Senate | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D |
House | D | D | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D |
See also
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primary)
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Nevada, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Nevada, 2022 (June 14 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023