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Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
David Flippo, a Republican financial advisor and former Air Force lieutenant colonel, is his party's nominee for Nevada's open 2nd congressional district seat in 2026 against Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson, a former Nevada Assembly majority leader.
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2026 race
David Flippo, a financial advisor and former Air Force lieutenant colonel who ran for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2024, is the Republican nominee for the 2nd district, which includes Reno, Sparks and Carson City along with White Pine County and part of Lyon County.
The seat is open because Republican incumbent Mark Amodei, who has held it since 2011, withdrew from the race. Flippo won the Republican primary with 38,174 votes, or 46.9%, ahead of James Settelmeyer, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who took 34.5%.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson, chief of staff to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, and Lynn Chapman of the Independent American Party.