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Nevada District 2 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Nevada District 2

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U.S. House, Nevada District 2 · Open seat
DEMNominee
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson
31%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
OTHOn the ballot
Lynn Chapman
—Not published for this candidate
REPNominee
David Flippo
69%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
69% David Flippo · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP David Flippo 69%
DEM Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson 31%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Benitez-Thompson 44.0% · Flippo 46.0% Public Policy Polling / House Majority PAC · 2026-10-13
Seat lean (Hume PVI) R+8 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat REP 55.0% 2024 general · margin 19.0%

Side by side

3 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMBenitez-ThompsonOTHChapmanREPFlippo
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson$1,054,466.93
Lynn ChapmanNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
David Flippo$2,934,107.53
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson$872,617.73
Lynn ChapmanNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
David Flippo$2,787,661.38
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson$181,849.20
Lynn ChapmanNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
David Flippo$161,162.06
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson44.0%Public Policy Polling · 2026-10-13
Lynn ChapmanNot available Not named in the newest listed poll (2026-10-13)
David Flippo46.0%Public Policy Polling · 2026-10-13
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Teresa F. Benitez-ThompsonR+8seat-level
Lynn ChapmanR+8seat-level
David FlippoR+8seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

1 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-13
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleBenitez-ThompsonChapmanFlippoOthers
Public Policy Polling2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13LV · n=56044.0%not named46.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    R+8
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    -8.057

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Mark E. AmodeiREP219,91955.04%
    Greg KiddOTH144,06436.05%
    Lynn ChapmanOTH19,7844.95%
    Javi “Trujillo” TachiquinLIB15,8173.96%

    Total votes 399,584 · winning margin 18.98% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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