This is an accepted version of this page Mark Eugene Amodei (/ˈæmədeɪ/ AM-ə-day; born June 12, 1958)[citation needed] is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district since 2011.

[1][2][3][4] Amodei chaired the Nevada Republican Party from 2010 until 2011, when he stepped down to run in the September 13, 2011, special election to succeed Dean Heller (who had been appointed to the U.S. Senate) as the U.S. representative for the state's 2nd congressional district.

In 2019, Amodei became the dean of Nevada's congressional delegation and its sole Republican member after Heller lost his bid for reelection to the Senate.

[15] In 2009, Amodei supported a proposal to expand collective bargaining rights for state workers, who he believed were unfairly treated during the budget process.

[16] In 2009, Amodei sponsored a bill that would have allowed for a gas tax increase in Washoe County; the plan gained public approval in an advisory vote.

[17] In 2003, Amodei voted against a tort reform bill that would have changed Nevada's medical liability law.

Amodei ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against Democrat Harry Reid, the Majority Leader.

On September 13, 2011, Nevada's 2nd congressional district elected Amodei to replace U.S. Representative Dean Heller.

[20] Amodei ran for a full term against Democrat Samuel Koepnick, an information technology employee for the State of Nevada.

[27] The Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC endorsed by Kevin McCarthy, spent over $200,000 supporting Mark Amodei in the primary.

Of the vote, he said, "During two campaigns, I told Nevadans I would give my full attention to such issues as reining in runaway federal spending, debt, and the harmful aspects of the Affordable Care Act.

[33] Amodei voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorized DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

[37] In 2021, Amodei was one of 30 Republicans to vote to give legal status to illegal immigrant agricultural workers.

[40] The bill's stated goal is to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and simultaneously protect the free exercise of religion.

On July 25, 2014, Amodei introduced the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act (H.R.

[42] The PACT ACT which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a "nay" from Amodei.

Amodei has two daughters: Erin, a nursing student at Truckee Meadows Community College, and Ryanne, a physician trainer on the DaVinci Robotic Surgical Instrument and former engineer in the U.S.