Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) on Friday announced that he is retiring from the House at the end of his current term, making him the 51st member of Congress not to seek reelection to the lower chamber in 2027.
“Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime. Nobody is prouder of our Nevada Congressional District than me. Thank you for the honor. Every achievement worth doing began with listening to Nevadans and fighting for our values,” Amodei said in a statement.
The 67-year-old Nevada congressman has served eight terms in the House and was first elected in a 2011 special election. He has won his incumbent seat each subsequent year in the face of several GOP primary challenges. He said he is retiring at the end of his term to “pass the torch” to another leader for Nevadans.
“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes. I look forward to finishing my term. After 15 years of service, I believe it is the right time for Nevada and myself to pass the torch,” Amodei said.
Amodei serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee. He recently made headlines in January in the wake of the Minneapolis killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti for saying that there needs “to be a pivot in the whole operation” in Minnesota enforcement.
Amodei’s Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District covers the entire northern part of the state, including Reno and Carson City. In the 2024 election, Amodei won handily with 55% of the vote. The next closest candidate was independent Greg Kidd with 36.1% of the vote. In the presidential election, President Donald Trump took 55.79% of the vote, and former Vice President Kamala Harris received 41.87%. The Cook Political Report rating for the district’s 2026 congressional race is “solid Republican.”
Amodei is the latest member of the current House to announce that he will not be returning to the lower chamber in 2027, bringing the number of resignations and announced retirements among the 119th Congress to 51.
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The congressional party breakdown currently sits at 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats, with three vacant seats. A primary election for one of these vacant seats, Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-NJ), is currently playing out in New Jersey and is too close to call.
Amodei’s retirement will shake up the midterm election in Nevada’s 2nd District. Two Republicans, Rick Shepherd and Heath Fulkerson, have filed the paperwork to run in the district, while four Democrats have declared they are running.