2026 Nevada (NV-03) US House Voters Guide

Susie Lee (D) vs Marty O’Donnell (R)

House of Representatives | Election | Nov 3, 2026

The Candidates

Susie Lee

Susie Lee

Democrat

Incumbent
Marty O'Donnell

Marty O’Donnell

Republican

Incumbent

The Issues

Abortion

Ban or legal?

Susie Lee (D)

Legal. “I won’t rest until every woman has the freedom to make private reproductive…decisions about her own body.” Sponsored a bill prohibiting “governmental restrictions on…abortion services.” Voted against introducing criminal penalties for health care practitioners who fail to provide the required degree of care for an infant who survives an attempted abortion.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Mixed. Opposes a national abortion law. “I’m happy that the voters of Nevada have decided for Nevada what the abortion policy is,” which allows abortions up to 24 weeks. Calls Ballot Question 6barbarism.” It would put abortion protection until “fetal viability,” around 24 weeks, into NV Constitution. Says Question 6 “allows for an unborn baby to be killed up until the 9th month.”

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Climate Change

Should climate change be a top priority?

Susie Lee (D)

Yes. Supports “combat[ing] climate change, and build[ing] our clean energy economy. Voted to maintain Biden-era clean energy tax credits. Voted for $369 billion in clean energy funding. Sponsored a bill to expand “access to cheaper, cleaner energy, including solar and geothermal.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

No. Says Southern Nevada’s “gas prices are constantly above the national average” because “nearly 90%” of it comes from California, where “insane green energy policies are putting their state’s oil refineries out of business.” Opposes solar and “Biden’s Green New Scam.”

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Criminal Justice

How to ensure effectiveness and fairness in law enforcement?

Susie Lee (D)

“I’ll always fight to get our law enforcement heroes the resources they need.” Sponsored a bill in 2022 and 2025 to fund “officer safety, de-escalation, and domestic violence response training.” Supports “training, recruitment and retention” resources for local law enforcement.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

“America needs…law and order.” “Crime and vagrancy ends the moment that law and order begins.” Says that to have “less crime,” “you need better police. You need to fund the police more.”

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Economy

Cut or increase government investment in, and regulation of, the economy?

Susie Lee (D)

Mixed. Supports “pro-growth, pro-job policies.” “We can achieve so much when our public-private partnerships thrive.” Voted for $1 trillion in infrastructure funding. Voted to create new rules that would promote use of crypto stablecoins. Voted to loosen regulation of the crypto industry.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Cut. Inflation is not “caused by manufacturers or businesses; it’s caused by the government.” “We have to stop this outrageous spending.” “All government needs to do is get out of the way” and allow people “to decide what they want to do with the money they’ve earned to make their lives better.”

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Environment

Loosen or tighten environmental regulations?

Susie Lee (D)

Mixed. Voted to keep a 20-year protection against mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Voted to ease environmental rules to boost the semiconductor chip industry. Voted against expanding streams and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

No position found.

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Gun Laws

Loosen or tighten gun laws?

Susie Lee (D)

Tighten. Voted to expand background checks and encourage states to pass red flag laws. Sponsored a bill to establish federal red flag laws. Sponsored a ban on assault weapons. “Our Second Amendment protects the right to own a gun, but something that can kill shouldn’t be unchecked.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Likely loosen. Responding to a proposed ban on assault weapons after shootings in Minneapolis, said “to disarm law abiding Americans all across the country” is not a “solution to a person with a clear mental illness getting access to a firearm.” “Tell me how that makes sense.”

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Health Care

Increase or decrease government support for health care?

Susie Lee (D)

Increase. Voted to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years; said “let’s make these tax credits permanent.” Voted against cuts to Medicaid. Voted to require health care providers and insurers disclose health care and drug costs. Would protect Medicaid and Medicare, calling them “lifesaving health care.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Decrease. The Affordable Care Act was “essentially a bankrupt system” that “should be dead and gone.” Supported a federal bill that included Medicaid cuts; said “by not allowing illegal immigrants or childless, able-bodied people to abuse this vital program, Medicaid will be protected for those who need it most.”

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Immigration

How to handle immigration?

Susie Lee (D)

Voted to denounce Biden “open-borders” policies. “If an undocumented immigrant breaks the law, they should be deported.” Voted against increasing ICE funding by $75 billion, then against $70 billion more for DHS. Sponsored a bill to fund border security and enforcement and create a path to legal status for eligible undocumented immigrants, including DACA Dreamers. “Dreamers belong in Nevada and America.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Supports “finishing the wall, mass deportations” and would “never vote for amnesty.” “An open border is…unacceptable.” “If you want to come to this country, come legally.” Supports defunding sanctuary cities. Says localities should “work with ICE.” Opposes a bill to fund border security and enforcement and create a path to legal status for eligible undocumented immigrants, including DACA Dreamers.

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Iran

Support the war in Iran?

Susie Lee (D)

Mostly no. Voted to require Congressional authorization for U.S. military action in Iran in March, April, May, and June. “Iranian regime cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.” “These strikes came without the approval of Congress or the American people.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Mostly yes. Says Trump “is not STARTING a Forever War. He’s ENDING a Forever War.” Iran having “a nuclear weapon…is a direct threat, not just to our allies and our friends, but to us.” Says it’s a “conundrum. We don’t want to be involved in endless Middle Eastern wars.”

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Labor

Make it easier or harder for unions to organize?

Susie Lee (D)

Easier. “I’m committed to protecting…the right to organize.” Sponsored a bill that restored federal workers’ collective bargaining rights. Voted to expand and protect employees’ organizing rights.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

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LGBTQ Rights

Limit or expand LGBTQ rights?

Susie Lee (D)

Mostly expand. Would “stand up against the culture of discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community.” Sponsored a bill to ban “discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.” Voted against prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. Opposes such participation when “fairness or safety is compromised.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Limit. “Marriage [is] defined as a union of one man and one woman.” Supports amending the Nevada Constitution to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. “I will never waver…from protecting the integrity of women’s sports and keeping men out of the private spaces of our daughters.”

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Minimum Wage

Raise the federal minimum from $7.25 per hour?

Susie Lee (D)

Yes. Said a bill to exempt tips from federal income tax “must be part of a broader effort to raise wages.” Voted in 2019 to raise the federal minimum to $15 an hour by 2025. Supported “a gradual minimum wage increase to $15.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

No position found.

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Taxes

Raise or lower taxes on corporations and wealthier individuals?

Susie Lee (D)

Raise. Voted against the bill extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which included the largest one-time cut in the corporate tax rate and a tax cut for the very wealthy. The bill “steals from working Americans to give tax breaks to the rich.” Voted to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Lower. Supported extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which included the largest one-time cut in the corporate tax rate and a tax cut for the very wealthy. Would “consider ways to more responsibly manage our budget so that we don’t have to raise taxes on anyone.”

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Voting Rules

Make voting harder or easier?

Susie Lee (D)

Easier. Voted against requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in a federal election. Opposes “attacks on mail-in voting.” Voted against requiring a voter ID in federal elections. Would “protect Nevadans’ right to use the voting method that works best for them.”

Marty O'Donnell (R)

Harder. “America needs a nationwide voter ID law.” Supports requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in a federal election. Says it “is a common sense piece of legislation that restores election integrity.” “Congress needs to…mandate that all the votes be counted on Election Day

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