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U.S. House · NV-02 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Teresa Benitez-Thompson

Democratic candidate for Nevada's 2nd Congressional District

Reno social worker and former Nevada Assembly majority leader focused on affordable homes, healthcare and protecting public lands.

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DistrictNV-02
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Teresa stands.

Campaign position

Affordable Housing and Jobs

  • Supports workforce housing, restoring federal funding cut from Nevada, and AI regulations intended to prevent widespread job losses

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Public Lands and Wildfires

  • Opposes rushed public-land sales and supports restoring federal wildfire-prevention, land-management, and flood-mitigation funding

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Accessible and Secure Elections

  • Supports automatic and same-day registration, early and mail voting, election cybersecurity, redistricting reform, and campaign-finance disclosure

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Affordable Health and Reproductive Care

  • Supports the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid coverage for mental and behavioral health, and federal protections for reproductive freedom

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Conditions on Arms Sales

  • Supports conditioning military aid to Israel on U.S. and humanitarian law, phasing out offensive-arms subsidies, and restoring humanitarian assistance

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Preventing Antisemitic Hate Crimes

  • Supports increased hate-crime prevention and prosecution grants and buffer-zone legislation to protect places of worship from attacks

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2026

    Accomplishment

    Democratic nominee

    Advanced to the November general-election ballot as the Democratic candidate for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District.

  2. 2017–2021 sessions

    Experience

    Assembly majority floor leader

    Held the majority floor leader role in the Assembly, separate from her work as a District 27 legislator.

  • Experience

    Adoption social worker

    Arranged adoptive families for children with special needs as part of her professional social-work career.

  • Experience

    Terminal-care social worker

    Spent a decade supporting terminally ill patients before pursuing elected office in the Nevada Assembly.

  • Experience

    Nevada Assembly member

    Represented Washoe County’s District 27 and served on health, tax, revenue, and budget committees.

  • Experience

    Attorney general’s chief of staff

    Served as Aaron Ford’s chief of staff, working on public policy, government operations, and Nevadans’ legal protections.

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