Representative-elect · Nevada’s 2nd district

Teresa Benitez-Thompson

Democrat

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What they campaigned on

Share of their campaign website’s words, by policy area.

1,262words on issues
  • Government operations and elections26%
  • Foreign affairs and aid23%
  • Public lands, water and tribal affairs14%
  • Health14%
  • Economy and the federal budget11%
  • Everything else11%

Where they stand

29 issues in their own words, then everything else their site says, by policy area.

Government operations and elections

Government ethics and corruption ›
  • Ban members of Congress from trading stocks
  • Extend the stock trading ban beyond Congress
  • Ban officials from betting on prediction markets
  • Step up investigations and penalties for corrupt officials
“Ban Members of Congress and Other Top Government Officials From Trading Stock: Members of Congress and other top government officials should not be able to enrich themselves with insider information they receive while serving our country. I’ll work to ban members of Congress, the executive branch, and their families from trading individual stocks and put real penalties on those who do.”
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“Ban Government Employees and Elected Officials from Betting on Prediction Markets: No one should be able to earn a quick buck off insider knowledge. I’ll work to ban government employees, elected officials, and others who’d have an unfair advantage from gaming prediction markets.”
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Campaign finance ›
  • Overturn Citizens United
  • Require disclosure of political donors and end dark money
  • Strengthen enforcement of campaign finance laws
  • Refuse campaign money from AIPAC
“And it means passing the For the People Act framework — automatic voter registration, same-day registration, redistricting reform, and campaign finance disclosure — because that is the package voters actually want and allows the most eligible people to participate in the process.”
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“Additionally, it means not accepting campaign money from organizations who don’t support this change, including AIPAC.”
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“Strengthen Penalties for Breaking Campaign Finance Laws:We need to make sure candidates and elected officials are following the law and cracking down on those who don’t.”
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“Get Dark Money Out of Politics: Money in politics is the root of corruption in Washington, we must work to overturn the Citizens United v. FEC decision that allows for unlimited corporate spending in our elections. Members of Congress should work for the people they represent, not special interest groups.”
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Term limits ›
  • Set term limits for members of Congress
“Institute Term Limits for Members of Congress: Too many Washington politicians have forgotten who they work for: us. I’ll fight for reasonable term limits on members of Congress.”
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Other things the site says about government operations and elections (1)
“It means modernizing election infrastructure and investing in cybersecurity.”
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Foreign affairs and aid

Iran ›
“The last few years have made it clear that the policies of the Netanyahu government — the death of more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the use of American weapons in those deaths, increased extremist actions in the West Bank, the war of choice in Iran — has crossed lines that most Americans are not willing to look away from. The United States has a long relationship with Israel, but a real relationship is not based on unconditional support for whatever any foreign government does, any time, without question.”
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Israel ›
  • Keep supplying defensive systems like Iron Dome
  • Halt sales of offensive weapons to Israel
  • Put conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel
  • Reject AIPAC's money and influence
  • Support Israel's right to exist and defend itself
“My position is that U.S. military aid to Israel should not be unconditional and that Israel should not receive blank checks from the United States. This is why I support phasing out direct financial support for offensive arms sales to Israel.”
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“I also support conditional arms sales when they are consistent with American law – this means no arm sales for countries that have a pattern of violating international human rights and no arm sales to countries that block humanitarian aid.”
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“Additionally, it means not accepting campaign money from organizations who don’t support this change, including AIPAC.”
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“Conditioning U.S. military aid to Israel on compliance with U.S. law and international humanitarian law. Application of these laws should be consistent across all foreign nations, and no single country should be able to be able to sidestep them”
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“Making future arms sales conditional on Israel’s compliance with the Ceasefire Compliance Act”
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“Funding for defense systems like the Iron Dome so Israel can protect itself from terrorist attacks”
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict ›
  • Negotiate a two-state solution
  • Support Palestinian statehood, self-determination, equal rights and safety
  • Get humanitarian aid into Gaza and help rebuild it
  • Stop West Bank settlement expansion, annexation and settler violence
  • Limit or put conditions on U.S. weapons for Israel
“The last few years have made it clear that the policies of the Netanyahu government — the death of more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the use of American weapons in those deaths, increased extremist actions in the West Bank, the war of choice in Iran — has crossed lines that most Americans are not willing to look away from. The United States has a long relationship with Israel, but a real relationship is not based on unconditional support for whatever any foreign government does, any time, without question.”
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“Ending any settlement expansion or annexation of the West Bank”
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“Providing a political pathway toward Palestinian self-determination, including a two-state framework and Palestinian-led rebuilding of civilian infrastructure in Gaza”
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Foreign aid ›
  • Restore U.S. funding for UNRWA
  • Increase humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians
“Offering humanitarian aid at the scale the crisis requires, including re-establishing U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Workers Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)”
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Public lands, water and tribal affairs

Public lands ›
  • Protect public lands and national parks
  • Keep public lands from being sold or handed over
  • Fund the agencies and programs that care for public lands
  • Involve local communities in public land decisions
“Public lands are foundational to Northern Nevada, and their preservation is embedded in our constitution. It’s important that we protect public lands and coordinate with federal partners to manage these lands. Land sales should occur only through collaboration with local and tribal stakeholders, as well as input from citizens and conservation groups — not through “dead of night” budget amendments and 500,000-acre fire sales to pay for tax cuts.”
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“Nevada is home to 48 million acres of public land, and funding for federal agencies to manage this land is critical. These are the places where we enjoy hunting, fishing, and hiking, but they are also where wildland fires burn. The reduction — and in some cases elimination — of federal dollars and grants for wildfire capacity and flood mitigation must be reversed.”
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“I will resist this reckless“divestment” of public land.”
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Other things the site says about public lands, water and tribal affairs (1)
“The administration’s plan to consolidate federal firefighting into a new “U.S. Wildland Fire Service” is a reorganization at the exact moment we need stability, and it may strip the mitigation function — prescribed burns, fuels reduction — in favor of suppression alone.”
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Health

Abortion ›
  • Restore Roe v. Wade's abortion rights nationwide in federal law
  • Protect abortion rights and access
“That means defending the Affordable Care Act, ensuring Medicaid covers mental and behavioral health issues, and protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation.”
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Health care costs ›
  • Lower health care costs, including premiums and out-of-pocket costs
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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“My position is simple: Healthcare should be as accessible and inexpensive as possible. Hospitals and providers should have dependable payer sources to ensure they can keep their clinic doors open.”
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“We need to elect someone to Congress who will fight for our access to affordable healthcare, not against it.”
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Prescription drug prices ›
  • Require transparency in drug pricing
“I have been fighting for quality health care for a long time: I voted to create public-option healthcare program, which covers 10,000 people through the Battle Born State Plan; made sure you can’t be charged out of pocket cost for contraception and extended the period of time you can get a prescription for contraception; voted for measures to address Nevada’s high maternal mortality rates; and voted for a package of legislation to create transparency in drug pricing.”
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Health coverage ›
  • Create a public insurance option open to everyone
“I have been fighting for quality health care for a long time: I voted to create public-option healthcare program, which covers 10,000 people through the Battle Born State Plan; made sure you can’t be charged out of pocket cost for contraception and extended the period of time you can get a prescription for contraception; voted for measures to address Nevada’s high maternal mortality rates; and voted for a package of legislation to create transparency in drug pricing.”
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Access to health care ›
  • Expand access to health care
  • Keep local hospitals and clinics open
  • Make sure clinics and hospitals have the staff and resources they need
“My position is simple: Healthcare should be as accessible and inexpensive as possible. Hospitals and providers should have dependable payer sources to ensure they can keep their clinic doors open.”
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“We need to elect someone to Congress who will fight for our access to affordable healthcare, not against it.”
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Medicaid ›
  • Expand the services Medicaid covers
“That means defending the Affordable Care Act, ensuring Medicaid covers mental and behavioral health issues, and protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation.”
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Affordable Care Act ›
  • Protect, strengthen and expand the Affordable Care Act
“That means defending the Affordable Care Act, ensuring Medicaid covers mental and behavioral health issues, and protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation.”
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Mental health care ›
  • Cover mental health care in Medicaid, Medicare and other public programs
“That means defending the Affordable Care Act, ensuring Medicaid covers mental and behavioral health issues, and protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation.”
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Contraception ›
  • Protect and expand access to contraception
  • Require insurers and public programs to cover contraception
“I have been fighting for quality health care for a long time: I voted to create public-option healthcare program, which covers 10,000 people through the Battle Born State Plan; made sure you can’t be charged out of pocket cost for contraception and extended the period of time you can get a prescription for contraception; voted for measures to address Nevada’s high maternal mortality rates; and voted for a package of legislation to create transparency in drug pricing.”
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Maternal health ›
  • Improve maternal health and reduce maternal deaths
“I have been fighting for quality health care for a long time: I voted to create public-option healthcare program, which covers 10,000 people through the Battle Born State Plan; made sure you can’t be charged out of pocket cost for contraception and extended the period of time you can get a prescription for contraception; voted for measures to address Nevada’s high maternal mortality rates; and voted for a package of legislation to create transparency in drug pricing.”
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Economy and the federal budget

Cost of living ›
  • Lower the cost of living and inflation
  • Lower the cost of groceries and food
  • Make housing more affordable
  • Lower health care and prescription drug costs
  • Reverse the recent federal budget law and cuts that raised costs
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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“If elected to Congress, addressing costs for families will be my number one job, not defending some abstract “economy” (which too often in DC means “investor profits”).”
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“We need to stabilize the cost of living, protect the jobs that Nevada has, and fight for the jobs that Nevada needs. That means undoing the damage inflicted by the Trump administration and its so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” on working families and pushing back against hardline federal intrusion into our daily lives.”
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Grocery prices ›
  • Lower food and grocery prices
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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Economic growth ›
  • Stop the damage to the economy and restore stability
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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Other things the site says about economy and the federal budget (1)
“The test for any federal solution is simple: Does it make daily life more affordable for a working Nevadan?”
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Civil rights and liberties

Voting laws ›
  • Protect voting rights and make voting easier
  • Expand early and mail voting
  • Make voter registration automatic and easier
  • Oppose voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements
  • End partisan gerrymandering and draw fair district maps
“Free, fair, accessible elections are the foundation of American democracy — and Congress has a direct and urgent obligation to protect them. That means opposing the SAVE Act and every other effort to institute onerous barriers to voter registration.”
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“It means expanding, not restricting, mail voting and early voting.”
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“And it means passing the For the People Act framework — automatic voter registration, same-day registration, redistricting reform, and campaign finance disclosure — because that is the package voters actually want and allows the most eligible people to participate in the process.”
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Other things the site says about civil rights and liberties (2)
“Fighting Antisemitism”
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“Acts of antisemitic violence and harassment have been on the rise in the United States. Three lives were taken in 2025, and more than 6,000 incidents were recorded by the Anti-Defamation League, including bomb threats. This cannot be tolerated.”
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Labor and employment

Job creation ›
  • Create good-paying jobs and attract employers
  • Protect existing jobs
“We need to stabilize the cost of living, protect the jobs that Nevada has, and fight for the jobs that Nevada needs. That means undoing the damage inflicted by the Trump administration and its so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” on working families and pushing back against hardline federal intrusion into our daily lives.”
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“Northern Nevada needs good-paying jobs and professional pathways to ensure our communities benefit from economic diversification instead of profits flowing out of state. That is what I will fight for in Congress.”
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Artificial intelligence and jobs ›
  • Protect workers' jobs from being replaced by AI
“I am running on an integrated plan: restore hundreds of millions of tax dollars stripped from Nevada by Elon Musk and DOGE; develop strong regulations to prevent massive job layoffs due to AI; and build workforce housing that everyday Nevadans can afford.”
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Social Security and welfare

Nutrition assistance ›
  • Expand and strengthen SNAP, WIC and other food assistance
“So we got involved with a small group of women who were advocating for change, to make school work qualify for food assistance.”
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Law, crime and courts

Crime and public safety ›
  • Keep communities safe from crime
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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Other things the site says about law, crime and courts (1)
“Increasing funding for grants to prevent and prosecute hate crimes, such as the Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant.”
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Immigration

Immigration reform ›
  • Fix the immigration system through comprehensive reform
  • Keep immigrant families together
“We need a reformed immigration system that works, not federal agents pulling families apart.”
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Environment

Disaster resilience ›
  • Protect communities from flooding and rising seas
  • Prevent wildfires and fund wildfire response
“Nevada is home to 48 million acres of public land, and funding for federal agencies to manage this land is critical. These are the places where we enjoy hunting, fishing, and hiking, but they are also where wildland fires burn. The reduction — and in some cases elimination — of federal dollars and grants for wildfire capacity and flood mitigation must be reversed.”
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Housing and community development

Housing costs ›
  • Lower housing costs for renters and homeowners
“We need a congress focused on providing health care, safer communities, and stabilizing the economy to make the price of groceries, healthcare, and housing more affordable.”
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Homeland security and emergencies

Other things the site says about homeland security and emergencies (1)
“Implementing the Sacred Act, which creates buffer zones to make places of worship safer from attacks.”
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