Incumbent Mark Amodei (R), Lynn Chapman (Independent American Party), Javi Tachiquin (L), and Greg Kidd (No Political Party) are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District. Amodei and Kidd lead in media attention and fundraising.

The Nov. 5 election will be the first time since 1998 that no Democrat has run in the district. Amodei was first elected in 2011 via a special election, and has won re-election by double-digits in every general election from 2012 to 2022. Kidd is a tech investor with an endorsement U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D) and an estimated net worth between $390 million and over $1.1 billion, who is self-funding his campaign. According to the most recent reporting from the Federal Election Commission, Amodei has raised $1 million and spent $1 million. Kidd has raised $5.5 million and $5.1 million as of Sept. 30, 2024.

The Reno Gazette Journal’s Mark Robison wrote, “U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei holds the title of Nevada’s only Republican in Congress, but with no Democrat in the race, deep-pocketed first-time candidate Greg Kidd hopes to topple him as a nonpartisan. Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District leans strongly Republican, a fact that’s helped Amodei keep his seat for the past 13 years. Nonpartisans and Democrats, though, outnumber Republicans in the district – a statistic that makes this a race to watch.”

In 2022, Amodei defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause (D) 59.7% to 37.8%. Before he was elected to Congress, Amodei served in the Nevada Assembly from 1996 to 1998, in the Nevada Senate from 1999 to 2010, and was a lawyer. Amodei’s campaign website says he will “continue to put forward legislation and sound policy solutions that will protect life, preserve the right to keep and bear arms, prioritize veterans’ needs, secure the border, ensure American energy independence, save the mining and agriculture industries from woke environmental policies, grow Nevada businesses, encourage innovation in the private sector, and keep more money in the pockets of hardworking Nevadans.”

Kidd is an investor, advisor, and CEO of Hard Yaka Ventures. He was previously a director at Promontory Financial and a senior analyst for the Federal Reserve Board. In his Candidate Connection survey, Kidd said he supports access to abortion, the establishment of a Nevada Permanent Fund, and the creation of an “‘Inclusion Bank’ by and for the Latinos, Native Americans and other underserved groups.” Click here to read the rest of Kidd’s responses.

As of Oct. 15, 2024, four major election forecasters rate the election Solid or Safe Republican. All 435 U.S. House seats are up for election in 2024. Republicans have 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.