LAS VEGAS — At least one of three U.S. House seats previously held by Democrats in Nevada will remain under that party’s control after incumbent Rep. Dina Titus won her race Thursday.
The Associated Press declared Titus the winner. The races for seats sought by Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford were still too early to call. Nevada’s lone Republican Congressman, Mark Amodei, cruised to victory Tuesday night.
It was the second election in a row that Titus defeated Republican Mark Robertson, a retired Army colonel, to keep her seat in the Las Vegas district she has represented for more than a decade. Republican-leaning suburban areas were folded into the district after boundaries were redrawn, making it a GOP target.
Titus had declared victory on Wednesday as the vote count leaned in her favor, and thanked voters for allowing her to serve another term.
“I will press for my legislation to create more affordable housing, combat the effects of extreme heat, and create good union jobs like building Brightline,” she said, referencing the high-speed rail that will connect Las Vegas to the Los Angeles area. “I also will resist any effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act and defend seniors against any move to reduce Social Security and Medicare benefits.”
Titus is the longest-serving member of the Nevada delegation in Washington and represents the congressional district that includes the Las Vegas Strip, part of suburban Henderson and Boulder City. She campaigned on abortion access and the need for affordable housing in southern Nevada.
Titus was first elected to Congress in 2008 after serving 20 years as a Nevada state senator, but narrowly lost that District 3 seat after two terms. She was elected again in 2013, representing District 1, and has been reelected every two years. Titus is originally from Georgia and taught government for more than three decades at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The race represented a rematch. Titus defeated Mark Robertson in 2022 by more than 5 percentage points, but Democrats sacrificed part of her traditional stronghold during redistricting in exchange for some Democratic party gains in neighboring swing districts. That made Titus more vulnerable in the race. She had no challenger in her party primary.
Mark Robertson is a business owner who taught military science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has never held political office, but ran for the same seat two years ago and echoes policies favored by President-elect Donald Trump on border security, inflation and the economy. He did not receive Trump’s personal endorsement.
