2024 presidential election
Nevada 2nd Congressional District
TrumpR+13.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 55.8% | 234,853 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 41.9% | 176,234 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.3% | 9,836 |
D+60R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 13 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | −9.2% |
| 2016 | −13.3% |
| 2020 | −11.0% |
| 2024 | −13.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Mark E. Amodei
D
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen
D
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 41.9%Harris176,234 | 55.8%Trump234,853 | 2.3% | 420,923 | ||
| R | 43.1%Biden173,063 | 54.1%Trump217,346 | 2.9%incl. Jorgensen | 401,968 | ||
| R | 39.2%Clinton130,901 | 52.5%Trump175,304 | 8.3%incl. Johnson | 333,830 | ||
| R | 45.4%Obama133,088 | 54.6%Romney160,202 | 0.0% | 293,290 | ||
| D | 48.9%Obama143,810 | 48.6%McCain142,935 | 2.6% | 294,350 |
Congressional elections · 22 House races · 17 Senate races
U.S. House
| Year | District | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | R | 0.0%0 | 55.0%219,919 | 399,584 |
| 2022 | 2 | R | 37.8%117,371 | 59.7%185,467 | 310,498 |
| 2020 | 2 | R | 40.7%155,780 | 56.5%216,078 | 382,673 |
| 2018 | 2 | R | 41.8%120,102 | 58.2%167,435 | 287,537 |
| 2016 | 2 | R | 36.9%115,722 | 58.3%182,676 | 313,336 |
| 2014 | 2 | R | 27.9%52,016 | 65.7%122,402 | 186,210 |
| 2012 | 2 | R | 36.2%102,019 | 57.6%162,213 | 281,449 |
| 2010 | 2 | R | 32.7%87,421 | 63.3%169,458 | 267,708 |
| 2008 | 2 | R | 41.4%136,548 | 51.8%170,771 | 329,520 |
| 2006 | 2 | R | 44.9%104,593 | 50.3%117,168 | 232,724 |
| 2004 | 2 | R | 27.5%79,978 | 67.2%195,466 | 291,079 |
| 2002 | 2 | R | 20.0%40,189 | 74.3%149,574 | 201,200 |
| 2000 | 2 | R | 29.9%106,379 | 64.5%229,608 | 355,969 |
| 1998 | 2 | R | 0.0%0 | 81.1%201,623 | 248,763 |
| 1996 | 2 | R | 35.3%97,742 | 58.6%162,310 | 277,192 |
| 1994 | 2 | R | 29.2%65,390 | 63.5%142,202 | 223,932 |
| 1992 | 2 | R | 43.3%117,199 | 47.9%129,575 | 270,461 |
| 1990 | 2 | R | 34.0%59,581 | 59.1%103,508 | 175,209 |
| 1988 | 2 | R | 40.6%75,163 | 57.3%105,981 | 185,097 |
| 1986 | 2 | R | 41.6%59,433 | 58.4%83,479 | 142,912 |
| 1984 | 2 | R | 25.8%36,130 | 71.2%99,775 | 140,106 |
| 1982 | 2 | R | 41.3%52,265 | 55.5%70,188 | 126,496 |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 47.9%701,105 | 46.2%677,046 | 1,464,728 |
| 2022 | D | 48.8%498,316 | 48.0%490,388 | 1,020,850 |
| 2018 | D | 50.4%490,071 | 45.4%441,202 | 972,132 |
| 2016 | D | 47.1%521,994 | 44.7%495,079 | 1,108,294 |
| 2012 | R | 44.7%446,080 | 45.9%457,656 | 997,805 |
| 2010 | D | 50.3%362,785 | 44.5%321,361 | 721,404 |
| 2006 | R | 41.0%238,796 | 55.4%322,501 | 582,572 |
| 2004 | D | 61.1%494,805 | 35.1%284,640 | 810,068 |
| 2000 | R | 39.7%238,260 | 55.1%330,687 | 600,250 |
| 1998 | D | 47.9%208,621 | 47.8%208,220 | 435,864 |
| 1994 | D | 50.9%193,804 | 41.0%156,020 | 380,530 |
| 1992 | D | 51.0%253,150 | 40.2%199,413 | 495,887 |
| 1988 | D | 51.3%175,548 | 47.1%161,336 | 342,407 |
| 1986 | D | 50.0%130,955 | 44.5%116,606 | 261,932 |
| 1982 | R | 48.8%114,720 | 51.2%120,377 | 235,097 |
| 1980 | R | 37.9%92,129 | 59.3%144,224 | 243,273 |
| 1976 | D | 63.0%127,214 | 31.4%63,471 | 201,899 |
Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | NV-2Congressional district | NevadaState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 67.5% | 49.8% | 61.0% |
| Black | 2.1% | 9.3% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 4.4% | 8.9% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 12.3% | 17.3% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 13.7% | 14.6% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23.2% | 29.7% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $85,247 | $78,260 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 10.5% | 12.4% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 40.3 | 39.3 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 8.3% | 8.0% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 18.8% | 17.0% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 29.7% | 27.9% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 19.1% | 29.5% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 14.0% | 20.0% | 13.6% |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) | 1.4% | 3.0% | 0.6% |
| Other Indo-European | 1.0% | 1.3% | 2.0% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | Mexican 18.6% | Mexican 21.4% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | German 12.9% | German 9.4% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | English 12.4% | English 8.6% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 22.2%County context | 24.7% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 7.2%County context | 6.7% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 61.7%County context | 58.4% | 51.5% |
| Latter-day Saints | 5.8%County context | 5.9% | 2.0% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
12.9%
English
12.4%
Irish
10.8%
Italian
5.6%
American
5.0%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.1%
Norwegian
1.5%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
18.6%
Salvadoran
1.4%
Spanish
0.7%
Guatemalan
0.7%
Spaniard
0.5%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
Cuban
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
0.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Filipino
1.9%
Asian Indian
0.7%
Chinese
0.6%
Vietnamese
0.3%
Japanese
0.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$85,247
Nevada 2nd Congressional District$85,247
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)9.9%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.9%
speak English only
Spanish14.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1.4%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.5%
Other languages0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Vietnamese0.2%
Korean0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted61.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
Covering most of Nevada's land area outside Las Vegas and Reno, this sprawling rural and small-city district has voted Republican by double-digit margins in recent presidential cycles, anchored by conservative communities across the high desert and rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 0.3 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 13.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.
A population of 776,879, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,247 describe the district.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nevada 2nd Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nevada 2nd Congressional District voted Republican by 13.9 points (R+13.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 420,923 votes cast, 176,234 went Democratic and 234,853 went Republican.
When did Nevada 2nd Congressional District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Nevada 2nd Congressional District voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Nevada 2nd Congressional District?
Nevada 2nd Congressional District has a population of 776,879 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nevada 2nd Congressional District?
Median household income in Nevada 2nd Congressional District is $85,247 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Nevada 2nd Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Nevada 2nd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.