Thursday, October 15, 2026
B.C. votes in 9 days

Nevada’s 1st District

U.S. House · NV-1

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 19.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 3%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.1%

    Dina Titus, incumbent

  • Republican 39.8%

    Carrie Buck

  • Other 1.1%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NV-1 59.1%39.8%1.1%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+4.6 44.2%−4.4 1.2%−0.1

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over25.8% (± 0.6)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Dina Titus · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 9, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Dina Titus 75.9% 33,605 votes
Republican primary Carrie Buck 77.7% 24,680 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Dina Titus

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Khan, Afzal

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Carrie Buck

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 7.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 19.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NV-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • NV-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • NV-2 Republican, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated