Nevada’s four Democratic members of the House are preparing for majority control in January while national attention focuses on whether the incoming Democratic House will prioritize cost-of-living issues or pursue investigations and impeachments of Trump administration officials
The first clear indicator of the Democratic House’s intentions came on November 10, when the House voted to shelve articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Every Democrat who voted opposed the motion, including Nevada’s Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV1) and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV3). Titus also co-sponsored earlier impeachment articles against Secretary Hegseth. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV4) missed the vote. The next day he said he would have voted for impeachment, stating, “Hegseth should be impeached.”
Newly elected Rep. Teresa Benitez-Thompson, who flipped the longtime Republican 2nd District seat formerly held by Rep. Mark Amodei, has not issued a statement on the Sec. Hegseth impeachment. During the campaign she told The Nevada Independent that “every conversation regarding accountability of this administration has to be on the table“ if Democrats won the majority. After the election, when asked whether she would be open to impeaching President Trump, she replied that “the American public has been very clear that this election was about making sure that we’re putting Nevada families at the center of the conversation.”
For the first time, Nevada’s entire federal delegation is Democratic, even though voter registration between Democrats and Republicans is nearly even in the state. Both U.S. senators, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, are Democrats, and all four House seats will be held by Democrats. Public statements and voting records from the House members show consistent opposition to the Trump administration. All three Democratic House incumbents voted to impeach Trump in 2019, and both Nevada Democratic senators voted to impeach him in the Senate.
Nationally, incoming Democratic leaders have outlined plans for investigations into Trump family, administration officials, immigration enforcement, and related matters once they control the House in January. Some members have discussed impeachment proceedings against Cabinet officials. Party leadership has generally framed the coming majority as focused on both accountability and cost-of-living issues. The White House has responded to Democratic plans by warning of consequences for investigations that lack a legitimate legislative purpose.
