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Nevada’s 3rd District

U.S. House · NV-3

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 14.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 8%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 57.3%

    Susie Lee, incumbent

  • Republican 42.7%

    Martin O'Donnell

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
NV-3 57.3%42.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+2.8 44.2%−1.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over17.2% (± 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

Susie Lee · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 9, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Susie Lee 69.2% 31,712 votes
Republican primary Martin O'Donnell 42.3% 14,892 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Susie Lee

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Martin O'Donnell

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 2.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 14.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NV-1 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