The National Republican Congressional Committee added state Sen. Carrie Buck and video game legend Marty O’Donnell to its MAGA Majority program this week.
This comes after President Trump made his support for the pair official. On April 14, he posted his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of both Buck and O’Donnell on Truth Social, calling O’Donnell “a true America First Patriot” and praising Buck as “a Successful School Principal and Civic Leader.”
Now, the two Silver State Republicans are locked and loaded with national party backing to take on two entrenched Democratic incumbents this November.
What Is the MAGA Majority Program?
Think of it like the House GOP’s official farm team. The NRCC identifies candidates in winnable seats, puts them on a list, and starts directing money, strategy, and national attention their way.
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson didn’t mince words:
“House Republicans are on offense, and this latest round of MAGA Majority candidates proves we’re not slowing down. These are battle-tested leaders who reflect their districts and are ready to take the fight to vulnerable Democrats.”
The program launched last month with nine candidates. Monday’s announcement added eight more. Nevada scored two of them.
Carrie Buck Is Coming for Dina Titus
Carrie Buck is a Nevada state senator with a conservative record and a fighter’s instinct. She’s taking on Rep. Dina Titus in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District — the Las Vegas-based seat Titus has occupied since 2013.
CD1 backed Kamala Harris in 2024, so this is an uphill climb. But Buck now has the full weight of House Republican leadership behind her. That changes the fundraising picture. It changes the earned media picture. And it puts Titus on defense in a race she’d probably rather not have to fight.
Titus is 77 years old and has coasted through recent cycles. Those days may be over.
Marty O’Donnell Is Taking the Fight to Susie Lee
If Buck’s race is the long shot, O’Donnell’s is the opportunity. He’s running against Rep. Susie Lee in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District — the southern Las Vegas suburbs — and Trump carried that district in 2024.
O’Donnell composed the iconic music for the Halo video game franchise. That’s not a typical political résumé, but name recognition and the ability to connect with people matter in a media-saturated campaign environment. More importantly, he’s running in a district that already voted for Trump. Lee is the one swimming upstream here.
Lee has tried to brand herself as a moderate, but that tightrope gets harder to walk every cycle when your district is trending red.
Susie Lee’s Growing List of Controversies
Lee has tried to brand herself as a moderate. But her record keeps getting in the way.
On April 1st, just before 1 a.m. Eastern time, Lee fired off a profanity-laced post on social media targeting President Trump.
She wrote:
“So f—ing f—ed up. I’ll pray they f— him to his face.”
She then added:
“Sorry, I say f— a lot these days.”
She deleted it by morning. Screenshots had already spread everywhere.
The NRCC had some choice words as well:
“Democrat Susie Lee has become Nevada’s fool, more focused on vulgar outbursts than doing the job she was elected to do,” spokesman Christian Martinez said.
Then there’s the stock trading. The New York Times identified Lee as one of the members of Congress who traded stocks in industries directly impacted by their committee work, racking up more than $3.3 million in over 200 transactions. She was late reporting many of those trades — days to weeks past the deadlines required by the STOCK Act.
Lee’s office says she never personally directed any trades.
Why Nevada Conservatives Should Care
House Republicans are holding their majority by a thread. Every seat matters, and recent redistricting battles have added additional complexities to the midterm terrain.
Flipping CD3 — where Trump already won — is an achievable goal. Making Titus fight for CD1 drains Democratic money and energy that could otherwise go to other races.
From a limited-government standpoint, the stakes couldn’t be clearer. Conservatives want to cut spending, block tax increases, roll back regulatory overreach, and stop the big-government agenda that Nevada’s Democratic delegation has been rubber-stamping in Washington for years.
What You Can Do Right Now
If you want to see Nevada’s congressional delegation shift in a conservative direction, get off the sidelines. Campaigns need volunteers, small-dollar donors, and grassroots energy.
The 2026 election is shaping up to be a real fight. Nevada is squarely in the middle of it. And for the first time in a long time, conservatives aiming for House seats have a genuine reason for optimism.
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