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Incumbent Rep. Mark Amodei is set to leave the seat; Democrats aim to flip the conservative district blue.
No story this week names this candidate.
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More in Methodology| Outcome | TruthIndex™ | Polymarket | Kalshi | Spread | 24h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDavid Flippo | 73.3% | 73.0% | 73.5% | 0.5 pts | – | |
| DTeresa Benitez-Thompson | 26.3% | 25.5% | 27.0% | 1.5 pts | – |
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.
Teresa Benitez-Thompson, a Democrat who served as majority leader of the Nevada Assembly from 2016 to 2022, is her party's nominee for Nevada's open 2nd congressional district seat in 2026 against Republican David Flippo.
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Nevada's 2nd District margin of victory
| Flippo, 1+ pts | 70.0% | |
| Flippo, 4+ pts | 52.0% | |
| Flippo, 7+ pts | 33.0% | |
| Flippo, 10+ pts | 15.5% | |
| Flippo, 13+ pts | 5.9% | |
| Flippo, 16+ pts | 3.3% | |
| Flippo, 19+ pts | 4.9% implied |
Nevada's 2nd District margin of victory
| Thompson, 2+ pts | 15.0% | |
| Thompson, 5+ pts | 5.7% |
NV-02 House Election Margin of Victory
| Republican 18%+ | 2.4% | |
| Republican 15-18% | 2.5% | |
| Republican 12-15% | 2.3% | |
| Republican 9-12% | 12.0% | |
| Republican 6-9% | 15.5% | |
| Republican 3-6% | 33.5% | |
| Republican 0-3% | 16.0% | |
| Democrat 0-3% | 17.8% | |
| Democrat 3-6% | 1.0% | |
| Democrat 6%+ | 8.0% |
Prices which party wins.
David Flippo: Counted · bid 72.0% / ask 74.0% · $26.2K within 5 pts
This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the NV-02 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 3, 2026. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).
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David Flippo: Counted · bid 73.0% / ask 74.0% · $28.8K within 5 pts
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If the House member sworn in for NV-02 for the term beginning in 2027 is a member of the Republican Party, then the market resolves to Yes.
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