Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)

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Nevada's 3rd Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 15, 2024
Primary: June 11, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Nevada
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Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic Inside Elections: Likely Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 11, 2024, in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Susie Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies. As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 52.0%-48.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 52.4%-45.7%.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
March 15, 2024	June 11, 2024	November 5, 2024

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.

This page focuses on Nevada's 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
• Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Candidates and election results

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,937
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Susie Lee

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

• U.S. House of Representatives, Nevada District 3 (Assumed office: 2019)

Biography:  Lee received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Her professional experience included working as the director of After-School All-Stars and as the president of Communities In Schools of Nevada (CIS).

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Lee wrote, "I'm working to lower housing costs by cutting red tape, investing in our housing supply, and taking on corporate landlords who jack up housing prices. And I'm working with Republicans and Democrats to get it done."

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On education, Lee wrote, "Before running for Congress, I led one of the state's leading dropout prevention programs and worked to keep kids in school. Now, I'm fighting to expand wraparound services in schools to ensure our students have the support they need."

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Lee's campaign website said she would "continue to be a fierce advocate for our rights, and supports legislation to codify the right to choose that is now in jeopardy across the country."

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Show sources

Sources: X, "Susie Lee on August 1, 2024," accessed August 25, 2024; X, "Susie Lee on July 7, 2024," accessed August 25, 2024; Susie Lee campaign website, "Meet Susie," August 25, 2024; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Susie Lee," accessed August 25, 2024; Susie Lee campaign website, "Meet Susie," accessed August 25, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nevada District 3 in 2024.

RockAthena Brittain

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am the non traditional candidate running because the time is too short to take a chance any longer. We must stop MAGA and PROJECT 2025 from destroying our Democracy. There is so much more, including, but not limited to stopping Private Equity Institutional Investors (Hedge Funds) (Billionaires) from buying and taking away all our homes. We must return these homes to people to live in once again as owners, not renters for corporations. We must stop the Insurance Industry from using every loophole created by them to steal more and more money from customers for no legitimate reasons. The same goes for the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Industry. We need to dismantle and reimagine a fair and equitable Credit Rating system that works to benefit all Americans. We must end discriminatory Lending Restrictions & Practices. We must establish and protect all marginalized citizens from all forms of discrimination. I am a proud and Out Transgender American, but I stand with all who are oppressed and need human dignity and representation. I am a proud handgun owner and 2nd Amendment advocate, but I understand and agree that assault weapons are unnecessary for civilian use. We need meaningful and comprehensive Gun Reform Legislation NOW. We need to stop corporate GREED they call “INFLATION”. We need to address and react to Climate Change before it ends all of us, Republicans included. Billionaires hate Democracy and benefit if an Authoritarian is elected. Don’t ever think otherwise."

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Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

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Stop MAGA. Stop PROJECT 2025. Educate everyone of what MAGA is planning for all of us. Teach everyone what the Heritage Foundation, along with 50+ other Right Wing Think Tanks are doing openly & behind the scenes to change & control our lives. Stop Apathy in its tracks with facts. Realize they have declared WAR on Democracy and are in the attack planning stages already & are ready to implement their EVIL Agenda on DAY 1. End the dehumanization of “Homeless” UNHOUSED Americans. The same for LGBTQIA+ Americans. Teach factual BLACK American history to include the evils of enslaved African Americans, those who were FREED & accomplished so much before being murdered to create the Jim Crow Era. Teach the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1875.

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REACT to CLIMATE CHANGE with a fierce and unstoppable force to prevent those in denial from killing all life on Earth. Propose and don’t stop proposing legislation to teach the opposition of what lies ahead with their deadly agendas for profit at the expense of survival. Expose those who benefit from our destruction along the way. Stop them from succeeding. Make no room for corporations over human beings. It is not radical for all human beings to survive and prosper. Meet this moment now before you are no longer free to challenge an Authoritarian. Plan now to make it possible for future generations to live and prosper. These will be your children, their children, & beyond. We have a human obligation to those who came before us. Change.

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CODIFY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM & Restore a WOMAN’S RIGHT to CHOOSE. STOP Christian White Nationalism and protect the freedom of Religion & Freedom of religion. Protect & Educate everyone as to the meaning of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Stop Republicans from lowering the age to work and the age of consent to marry. Protect our children from being exploited by those who want to make them unprotected indentured servants of the corporations. Create regulations of steel to protect and provide for children. Make sure every child can eat, learn, & grow. STOP MASS shootings with semi-automatic weapons & the murder of our citizens. Stand up to the NRA Gun Lobby and defeat them. STOP unchecked Capitalism & Greed NOW.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nevada District 3 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Nevada

Election information in Nevada: June 11, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: June 11, 2024
• By mail: Postmarked by May 14, 2024
• Online: June 11, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: N/A by N/A
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: June 11, 2024
• By mail: Postmarked by June 11, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

May 25, 2024 to June 7, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MST and PST)

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Susie Lee	Democratic Party	$6,071,959	$5,642,671	$466,655	As of December 31, 2024
RockAthena Brittain	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

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 in place for the election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nevada.

Nevada U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	4	4	0	22	8	2	4	75.0%	3	75.0%
2022	4	4	0	33	8	3	4	87.5%	3	75.0%
2020	4	4	0	40	8	4	4	100.0%	4	100.0%
2018	4	4	2	42	8	4	4	100.0%	2	100.0%
2016	4	4	1	37	8	4	3	87.5%	2	66.7%
2014	4	4	0	19	8	4	2	75.0%	2	50.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nevada in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 13, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-two candidates ran for Nevada’s four U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and 17 Republicans. That’s 5.5 candidates per district, less than the 8.25 candidates per district in 2022, the 10.0 candidates per district in 2020, and the 10.5 candidates in 2018.

The 22 candidates who ran in Nevada in 2024 was the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 19 candidates ran.

No seats were open in 2024, meaning all incumbents ran for re-election. There were two House seats open in 2018 and one in 2016, the only two election cycles this decade in which House seats were open.

Nine candidates—two Democrats and seven Republicans—ran for the 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a seat in Nevada in 2024.

Six primaries—two Democratic and four Republican—were contested in 2024, tying with 2014 for the fewest this decade.

Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—faced primary challengers in 2024. That’s the same number of incumbents who faced primary challengers in 2022, but less than the four incumbents who faced primary challengers in 2020.

The 2nd Congressional District was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed to run. Republicans filed to run in every district, meaning none were guaranteed to Democrats.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Nevada's 3rd the 202nd most Democratic district nationally.

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 3rd based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
52.4%	45.7%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
51.5	44.6	R+6.9

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
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

See also: Party control of Nevada state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Nevada's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nevada
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 May 2024.

State executive officials in Nevada, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Joe Lombardo
Lieutenant Governor	Stavros Anthony
Secretary of State	Cisco Aguilar
Attorney General	Aaron D. Ford

State legislature

Nevada State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	13
	Republican Party	7
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		21

Nevada State Assembly

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	27
	Republican Party	14
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		42

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Nevada Party Control: 1992-2024
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	23	24
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	R	R
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	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	D	D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Nevada in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Nevada, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Nevada	U.S. House	ballot-qualified	N/A	$300.00	3/15/2024	Source
Nevada	U.S. House	unaffiliated	N/A	$300.00	6/6/2024	Source

See also

• Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
• Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• United States House elections in Nevada, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Nevada, 2024 (June 11 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

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Footnotes

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Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Catherine Masto (D)

Jacky Rosen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Dina Titus (D)

District 2

Mark Amodei (R)

District 3

Susie Lee (D)

District 4

Steven Horsford (D)

Democratic Party (5)

Republican Party (1)

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