Democrats maintain large cash advantage in Southern Nevada House races heading into campaign stretch

From left, Reps. Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus, the 3 Democratic incumbents representing Southern Nevada’s legislature districts, each clasp commanding cash-on-hand advantages implicit their Republican challengers up of the 2026 November election. Photo by:

Heading into the autumn run stretch, Democratic incumbents successful Southern Nevada’s 3 legislature districts person built commanding fiscal leads implicit their Republican challengers, according to run concern reports filed with the Federal Election Commission to conscionable Wednesday’s second-quarter deadline.

Rep. Susie Lee of the 3rd Congressional District — the astir competitory of Nevada’s House seats — has amassed the largest warfare thorax among the six candidates covered successful the filings, reporting $3.69 cardinal currency connected manus done June 30. Lee raised $4.4 cardinal full implicit the 2025-26 cycle, drafting much than $2.85 cardinal from idiosyncratic contributors and $1.3 cardinal from different committees, and has spent conscionable nether $1.18 million.

Her Republican opponent, Marty O’Donnell, trails Lee successful currency connected manus but has mounted an assertive spending run of his own. O’Donnell, a composer champion known for his enactment connected the Halo video crippled franchise who came successful 4th successful the 2024 Republican primary, reported $3.53 cardinal successful full receipts — but $3 cardinal of that came from a idiosyncratic indebtedness to his ain campaign. Excluding that self-financing, his extracurricular fundraising of astir $528,000 pales against Lee’s grassroots haul. O’Donnell has spent $1.33 cardinal and reported $2.2 cardinal currency connected hand, though his run carries $3 cardinal successful indebtedness — the indebtedness helium has yet to repay.

National governmental analysts complaint the 3rd District arsenic leaning Democratic. Lee won the spot by less than 3 percent points successful 2024.

In the 1st Congressional District — interior Las Vegas and its southeastern suburbs — Democratic Rep. Dina Titus holds a steadfast fiscal borderline implicit Republican authorities Sen. Carrie Buck, who won her superior and is making her archetypal legislature run. Titus reported $1.34 cardinal currency connected manus connected full receipts of $1.54 cardinal for the cycle, with much than $762,000 coming from governmental enactment committees. She has spent a comparatively humble $355,000 and carries $4,000 successful debt.

Buck has raised $1.92 cardinal successful full — making her a credible challenger by Republican standards successful a territory that leans reliably bluish — but has burned done overmuch of it, spending $1.26 cardinal and holding $653,588 currency connected hand. Her run carries $24,440 successful debt. Buck received $443,448 successful transfers from different authorized committees and drew $1.33 cardinal from idiosyncratic donors, a motion of beardown grassroots enactment adjacent successful an uphill race.

The Cook Political Report rates the 1st District arsenic competitory with Democrats having a two-point advantage.

In the 4th Congressional District, which covers bluish Clark County and sprawling agrarian territory crossed cardinal and eastbound Nevada, Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford has built a formidable fiscal presumption against Republican Cody Whipple. Horsford reported $1.5 cardinal currency connected manus aft raising $3.35 cardinal for the rhythm — astir $1.78 cardinal from PACs — and spending $1.86 million. The incumbent carries $22,500 successful debt.

Whipple, who won the Republican primary, has raised $884,687 successful full receipts, including a $300,000 idiosyncratic indebtedness to his campaign. He has spent $599,467 and holds $285,221 connected hand, portion carrying $430,235 successful outstanding indebtedness — a fig that includes the campaigner loan. The 4th District is rated apt Democratic by nationalist handicappers.

Taken together, the 3 Democratic incumbents from Southern Nevada clasp a combined cash-on-hand borderline of much than $3.3 cardinal implicit their Republican challengers — astir $6.52 cardinal to astir $3.14 cardinal — arsenic the run enters its last agelong earlier the Nov. 3 wide election.

Campaign concern information is from Federal Election Commission filings covering the 2025-26 predetermination rhythm done June 30, the play reported nether the July 15 second-quarter deadline.

The adjacent run concern deadline falls Oct. 15, erstwhile candidates indispensable record third-quarter reports covering fundraising and spending done Sept. 30 — conscionable 2 days earlier Nevada’s aboriginal voting play opens Oct. 17. Candidate committees indispensable besides record a pre-general predetermination study Oct. 22, capturing fiscal enactment done Oct. 14, meaning that study volition onshore successful the mediate of aboriginal voting and supply the last broad look astatine run finances earlier Election Day, Nov. 3.