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U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 2nd District

Mark E. Amodei

Republican 8th term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
14BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2011–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 79% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 12th majority
  • Natural Resources 16th majority
Age
68

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date3711114567414
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1421951,23585

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 41% 9%
Transportation and Public Works 11% 9%
Economics and Public Finance 11% 18%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Economics and Public Finance; bills go to Economics and Public Finance and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Border Security Equipment (Immigration), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Operations and Politics.
  • 11 bills sponsored, most on Economics and Public Finance.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHomeland Security SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberAppropriations Committee12th majority
MemberNatural Resources Committee16th majority

Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, more senior than 79% of the House, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 79% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

17% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Amodei.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

17% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Lucas.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 10 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 7 · expected 6
Beyond committee 5 · expected 4.5
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 191 of 433 in the House

0.75expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

1 of 10 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.75 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 10306 (out of committee), H.R. 2317 (passed a chamber), H.R. 9310 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.38
Energy1 of 32

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 14 times (peer median 11), most on Energy.

  • Position: +0.38, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 12 of 49, Energy 1 of 32.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Amodei$525K raised64%35%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

65% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$525K raised, 35% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 19 points.

33 PACs of the 66 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Defense.

  1. American Bankers Association38% D
  2. MGM Resorts International44% D
  3. Sierra Nevada Company23% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

81 bills

Amodei voted Yea on 41, Nay on 2, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 37 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.