Mark Amodei

Amodei was born in Carson City, Nevada, the son of Joy LaRhe (née Longero) and Donald Mark Amodei. His father was of half Italian and half Irish descent, and one of his maternal great-grandfathers was Italian.{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/amodei.htm|title=RootsWeb.com Home Page|website=freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712140911/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/amodei.htm|archive-date=July 12, 2015|url-status=dead}} Amodei graduated from Carson High School in 1976, where he was student class president. He graduated from the University of Nevada in 1980 with a B.A. in political science,{{Cite web|date=2011-09-14|title=Amodei Brings Sizable State-Level Experience|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2011/09/14/amodei-brings-sizable-state-level-experience/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Roll Call|language=en}} and received his J.D. degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1983.{{Cite web|title=Mark Amodei|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Amodei|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}

When Amodei entered the U.S. Army, he had not yet passed the bar exam, so he was assigned to an artillery unit. He attended The JAG School at the University of Virginia and entered U.S. Army JAG Corps after passing the bar. He became an Army JAG Corps officer prosecuting criminal matters, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Assistant Post Judge Advocate. He was awarded the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. He served with the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps from 1983 to 1987.{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Erin|title=Amodei uses humor to help make mark in Congress|url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/09/amodei-uses-humor-help-make-mark-congress/13850487/|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Reno Gazette Journal|language=en-US}} He returned home to become an attorney with the law firms Allison MacKenzie in Carson City and Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw and Ferrario (now Kaempfer Crowell) in Reno. He served as a lawyer with Allison, MacKenzie from 1987 to 2004 and with Kummer from 2004 to 2007.

As a lawyer, Amodei has been a sole practitioner since 2009. He served as president of the Nevada Mining Association from 2007 to 2008.

In 1996, Amodei was elected to the Nevada Assembly, representing Carson City. In 1998, he ran for the Nevada Senate in the Capital District.{{cite web |url=https://amodei.house.gov/biography/|title=Congressman Mark Amodei 2016 : Biography|website=amodei.house.gov|access-date=2017-02-23}} He defeated incumbent Democratic State Senator Ernie Adler, 52%–48%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42106|title=Our Campaigns – NV State Senate – Capital District Race – Nov 03, 1998|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=December 25, 2017}} In 2002, he was reelected to a second term with 84% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41291|title=Our Campaigns – NV State Senate – Capital District Race – Nov 05, 2002|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=December 25, 2017}} In 2006, he was reelected to a third term with 78% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=302469|title=Our Campaigns – NV State Senate- Capital District Race – Nov 07, 2006|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=December 25, 2017}}

Amodei was named the Outstanding Freshman Legislator in 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.amodei4nevada.com/meet-mark.asp |title=Mark Amodei |publisher=Amodei4nevada.com |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722125755/http://www.amodei4nevada.com/meet-mark.asp |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He was selected to serve as president pro tempore of the Nevada Senate from 2003 to 2008.

;2003 tax increase

In 2003 Amodei and Terry Care co-authored a plan to increase taxes in Nevada by $1 billion. The plan was offered as an alternative to Governor Kenny Guinn's plan, which called for over $1 billion in revenue increases.{{cite web |last=Vogel |first=Ed |title=ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL: Room, service tax key to new plan |publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 13, 2003 |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-13-Thu-2003/news/20878522.html |access-date=June 5, 2011 }} The final plan raised taxes by $873 million.{{cite web |last=Whaley |first=Sean |author2=Ed Vogel |title=SPECIAL SESSION: Senate OKs tax package |publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 23, 2003 |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jun-27-Fri-2003/news/21619784.html |access-date=June 5, 2011 }}

;Collective bargaining

In 2009, Amodei supported a proposal to expand collective bargaining rights for state workers, who he believed were unfairly treated during the budget process.{{cite news|last=Riley|first=Brendan|title=Bargaining rights bill vetoed by Gibbons |agency=Associated Press |date=June 5, 2009 |url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/47032887.html |access-date=June 5, 2009 }}

;Gas tax

In 2009, Amodei sponsored a bill that would have allowed for a gas tax increase in Washoe County; the plan gained public approval in an advisory vote.{{cite web|last=Ryan |first=Cy |title=State Sen. Amodei enters race against Harry Reid |publisher=Las Vegas Sun |date=September 9, 2009 |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/09/state-sen-amodei-enters-race-against-harry-reid/ |access-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916024924/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/09/state-sen-amodei-enters-race-against-harry-reid|archive-date=September 16, 2009 |url-status=live}}

;Medical liability reform

In 2003, Amodei voted against a tort reform bill that would have changed Nevada's medical liability law.{{cite web |title=Doctors get boost in Senate |publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=April 23, 2003 |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/apr/23/doctors-get-boost-in-senate/ |access-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001062644/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/apr/23/doctors-get-boost-in-senate|archive-date=October 1, 2012 |url-status=live}} He was the only Republican senator to vote against the bill.

Amodei has served on the Legislative Commission, the Education Commission of the States, the Public Lands Committee, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Legislative Oversight Committee, as vice chair of the Governor's Task Force on Access to Public Health Care, as chair of the Education Technology Committee, and as a member of the Nevada Supreme Court's committee on court funding.

{{Main|2010 United States Senate election in Nevada}}

Amodei ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against Democrat Harry Reid, the Majority Leader. He dropped out before election day, as State Assemblywoman Sharron Angle won the primary and lost the general election to Reid.

{{Main|2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election}}

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On September 13, 2011, Nevada's 2nd congressional district elected Amodei to replace U.S. Representative Dean Heller. Heller had been appointed to fill John Ensign's seat in the U.S. Senate after Ensign resigned from the position. Amodei announced his bid for the congressional seat in May 2011. The next month, he won the Republican nomination by taking 221 out of 323 ballots. In the primary, he defeated State Senator Greg Brower, who received 56 votes, and U.S. Navy veteran Kirk Lippold, who received 46 votes.{{cite web|last=Dornan |first=Geoff |url=http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20110618/NEWS/110619864/1055&ParentProfile=1045 |title=Mark Amodei wins GOP nomination for Heller's seat |publisher=Lahontan Valley News |date=June 18, 2011 |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623214338/http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20110618/NEWS/110619864/1055&ParentProfile=1045 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Amodei defeated Democratic nominee Kate Marshall 58%–36%. He won every county in the district.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=731280|title=Our Campaigns – NV – District 02 – Special Election Race – Sep 13, 2011|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=December 25, 2017}}

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

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Amodei ran for a full term against Democrat Samuel Koepnick, an information technology employee for the State of Nevada. He was endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).{{cite web|title=NRA Political Victory Fund|url=http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-endorsements/2012/nevada.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010033451/http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-endorsements/2012/nevada.aspx|archive-date=October 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}} He did so in a district that had been made slightly more compact than its predecessor in redistricting. It lost almost all of its southern portion to the new 4th district. Even so, it was still the eighth-largest district in the country that did not cover an entire state. Amodei defeated Koepnick 58%–36%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=705009|title=Our Campaigns – NV – District 02 Race – Nov 06, 2012|website=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=December 25, 2017}}{{cite web |title=2012 Nevada House Results |website=Politico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109112219/https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/nevada/ |archive-date=2022-11-09 |url-status=live |url=http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/nevada/}}

{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

Amodei ran for reelection to his second full term. He defeated Democrat Kristen Spees, 65.8% to 27.9%.{{Cite news |title=Nevada Election Results |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-nevada.html |access-date=2019-05-18 |issn=0362-4331}}

{{See also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

Amodei ran for reelection to a third full term. He defeated Democrat Chip Evans, 58.3% to 36.9%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/nevada|title=Nevada Election Results 2016|date=2017-08-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

Amodei ran for reelection to a fourth full term. He defeated Democrat Clint Koble, 58.2% to 41.8%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-nevada-elections.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-nevada-elections.html|title=Nevada Election Results|date=2018-11-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

Amodei ran for reelection to a fifth full term. He defeated Democrat Patricia Ackerman, 56.5% to 40.7%.{{cite web |title=Silver State 2020 Election Results - U.S. Congress |url=https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/USCongress/ |website=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=November 27, 2020}}

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2}}

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Amodei ran for reelection to a sixth full term. He won the Republican primary with 54.9% of the vote and went on to defeat Democrat Elizabeth Krause, 59.7% to 37.8%.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC endorsed by Kevin McCarthy, spent over $200,000 supporting Mark Amodei in the primary.{{Cite web |last=Assets |first=Digital |date=2022-06-14 |title=CLF Statement on Mark Amodei's Victory in the NV-02 Primary Election |url=https://congressionalleadershipfund.org/clf-statement-on-mark-amodeis-victory-in-the-nv-02-primary-election/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Congressional Leadership Fund |language=en-us}}

Amodei was sworn in on September 15, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/sep/15/mark-amodei-sworn-fill-house-seat/|title=Mark Amodei sworn in to fill House seat|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=September 15, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2011}}

Amodei voted against the bill to end the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. Of the vote, he said, "During two campaigns, I told Nevadans I would give my full attention to such issues as reining in runaway federal spending, debt, and the harmful aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Unlike many in this town, I will not test your memories and hope you have forgotten. I will continue to pursue these necessary goals. Nothing in this legislation changes the real threats to our country's economy."{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Nevada's Mark Amodei issues statement his no vote to the US House |url=http://www.rgj.com/article/20131016/NEWS12/131016044/Nevada-s-Mark-Amodei-issues-statement-his-no-vote-U-S-House |website=www.rgj.com}}

Amodei received a 0% rating from Planned Parenthood's 2014 Congressional Scorecard for supporting a nationwide abortion ban after 20 weeks and banning abortion access in the District of Columbia and through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.{{cite web|title=2014 Congressional Score Card |url=http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/congressional-scorecard/#/nevada/496 |website=Planned Parenthood Action Fund |access-date=31 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614213745/http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/congressional-scorecard/ |archive-date=June 14, 2014 }}

Amodei announced his support for a House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump on September 27, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/amodei-on-trump-impeachment-inquiry-lets-put-it-through-the-process-and-see-what-happens|title=Amodei on Trump impeachment inquiry: 'Let's put it through the process and see what happens'|website=thenevadaindependent.com|date=September 27, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-09-27}} National news media began to refer to Amodei as the first House Republican to support impeachment. A spokesman then further clarified his position by stating Amodei supported an inquiry but not impeachment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/28/amodei-denies-he-was-first-house-republican-back-impeachment-inquiry/|title=Amodei denies he was first House Republican to back impeachment inquiry|website=washingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-29}}

Amodei voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorized DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.{{Cite web |title=Consolidated Appropriations |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1865/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Further+Consolidated+Appropriations+Act%2C+2020%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2 |website=www.congress.gov| date=December 20, 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019689|title = Roll Call 689 Roll Call 689, Bill Number: H. R. 1865, 116th Congress, 1st Session|date = December 17, 2019}}

Amodei voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h690|title = H.R. 1158: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act … -- House Vote #690 -- Dec 17, 2019}}

Amodei supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).{{Cite web |title=2017-12-05-DACA_Letter_1 |url=https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/article/file-attachments/2017-12-05-DACA_Letter_1.pdf |website=news.wttw.com}}

In 2021, Amodei was one of 30 Republicans to vote to give legal status to illegal immigrant agricultural workers.

Amodei voted to provide Israel with financial support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}

In 2021, Amodei was among the House Republicans to sponsor the Fairness for All Act, the Republican alternative to the Equality Act.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr1440|title = Fairness for All Act (H.R. 1440)}} The bill's stated goal is to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and simultaneously protect the free exercise of religion.

On July 25, 2014, Amodei introduced the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act (H.R. 5205; 113th Congress), a bill that would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey certain federal lands in Nevada to other government entities.{{cite web|title=CBO – H.R. 5205 |date=August 21, 2014 |url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45664 |publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=16 September 2014}} The bill is a package of numerous other bills related to land conveyance in Nevada, which make up the bulk of Amodei's legislation.{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Erin|title=U.S. House passes Northern Nevada lands package |url=http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/09/15/us-house-passes-northern-nevada-lands-package/15693231/|access-date=16 September 2014|publisher=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=15 September 2014}}

114th Congress:

;House Committee on Appropriations

• Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
• Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch

In the 112th and 113th Congress, Amodei served on the House Judiciary Committee, the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Veterans Affairs:

;House Judiciary Committee

• Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
• Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security

;House Natural Resources Committee

• Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
• Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

;House Committee on Veterans Affairs

• Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
• Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

• Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans{{cite web|title=Members of the Caucus on U.S. - Türkiye Relations & Turkish Americans|author=|url=https://www.tc-america.org/in-congress/caucus.htm|publisher=Turkish Coalition of America|date=|accessdate=25 March 2025}}
• Congressional Western Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|access-date=25 June 2018}}
• Climate Solutions Caucus{{cite web|title=90 Current Climate Solutions Caucus Members|url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/| publisher=Citizen´s Climate Lobby |access-date=18 October 2018}}
• U.S.-Japan Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members| publisher=U.S. – Japan Caucus|access-date=1 December 2018}}
• Republican Governance Group{{Cite web|last1=A 501tax-exempt|first1=The Center for Responsive Politics|last2=NW|first2=charitable organization 1300 L. St|last3=Washington|first3=Suite 200|last4=info|first4=DC 20005 telelphone857-0044|title=Republican Governance Group PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/republican-governance-group/C00433060/candidate-recipients/2020|access-date=2021-03-28|website=OpenSecrets|language=en}}
• Problem Solvers Caucus (former){{cite web |title=Problem Solvers Caucus Announces Membership and Executive Council for the 118th Congress |date=March 8, 2023 |url=https://problemsolverscaucus.house.gov/media/press-releases/problem-solvers-caucus-announces-membership-and-executive-council-118th |access-date=8 March 2023}}{{Cite web|title=Featured Members|url=https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov/members|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Problem Solvers Caucus|language=en}}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=12 March 2025}}

Amodei did not join the majority of Republican members of Congress who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. Amodei voted to certify both Arizona's and Pennsylvania's results in the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Janine Hansen

| party = Independent American Party of Nevada

| votes = 11,792

| percentage = 6.33

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 186,210

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title = 2016 Nevada 2nd Congressional District{{cite web|title=Nevada General Election 2016 – U.S. Congress|url=http://www.silverstateelection.com/USCongress/|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|access-date=February 28, 2017}}

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mark E. Amodei (Incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 182,676

| percentage = 58.30

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = H.D. "Chip" Evans

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 115,722

| percentage = 36.93

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = John H. Everhart

| party = Independent American Party of Nevada

| votes = 8,693

| percentage = 2.77

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Drew Knight

| party = No party affiliation

| votes = 6,245

| percentage = 1.99

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 313,336

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title = 2018 Nevada 2nd Congressional District{{cite web|title=Nevada General Election 2018 – U.S. Congress|url=http://www.silverstateelection.com/USCongress/|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|access-date=February 20, 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mark E. Amodei (Incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 167,435

| percentage = 58.23

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Clint Koble

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 120,102

| percentage = 41.77

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 287,537

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title = 2020 Nevada 2nd Congressional District{{cite web |title=Silver State 2020 Election Results - U.S. Congress |url=https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/USCongress/ |website=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=November 27, 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mark E. Amodei (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 216,078

| percentage = 56.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Patricia Ackerman

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 155,780

| percentage = 40.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Janine Hansen

| party = Independent American Party of Nevada

| votes = 10,815

| percentage = 2.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 382,673

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title = 2022 Nevada 2nd Congressional District}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Mark Amodei (incumbent)

|votes = 185,467

|percentage = 59.7

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Elizabeth Mercedes Krause

|votes = 117,371

|percentage = 37.8

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent American Party of Nevada

|candidate = Russell Best

|votes = 4,194

|percentage = 1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Darryl Baber

|votes = 3,466

|percentage = 1.1

}}{{Election box total no change

|votes = 310,678

|percentage = 100.0

}}{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=2024 Nevada 2nd congressional district election{{cite web |title=Silver State 2024 Election Results |url=https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/USCongress/ |website=silverstateelection.nv.gov |publisher=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=January 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131235035/https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/USCongress/ |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |url-status=live}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mark Amodei (incumbent)|votes=219,919|percentage=55.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Greg Kidd|votes=144,064|percentage=36.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent American Party of Nevada|candidate=Lynn Chapman|votes=19,784|percentage=4.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Javi Tachiquin|votes=15,817|percentage=4.0}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=399,584|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Amodei has two daughters: Erin, a nursing student at Truckee Meadows Community College, and Ryanne, a physician trainer on the DaVinci Robotic Surgical Instrument and former engineer in the U.S. Navy.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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• [https://amodei.house.gov/ Congressman Mark Amodei] official U.S. House website
• [http://amodeifornevada.com Amodei for Congress]
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