Teresa Benitez-Thompson

Economy

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 Nevandans can afford. The test for any federal solution is simple: Does it make daily life more affordable for a working Nevadan? Learn more

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. 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. Learn more

Environment / Energy

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. Learn more

Foreign Policy

Ending any settlement expansion or annexation of the West Bank Learn more

Providing a political pathway toward Palestinian self-determination, including a two-state framework and Palestinian-led rebuilding of civilian infrastructure in Gaza Learn more

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 Learn more

Funding for defense systems like the Iron Dome so Israel can protect itself from terrorist attacks Learn more

Making future arms sales conditional on Israel’s compliance with the Ceasefire Compliance Act Learn more

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) Learn more

Government Reform

American democracy is under pressure from three directions: foreign interference, Trump’s voter suppression efforts, and the corrosive effect of unlimited money in politics. 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. It means expanding, not restricting, mail voting and early voting. It means modernizing election infrastructure and investing in cybersecurity. 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. Learn more

Healthcare

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 clinical doors open. That means defending the Affordable Care Act, ensuring Medicaid covers mental and behavioral health issues, and protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation. Learn more

Legislation

Implementing the Sacred Act, which creates buffer zones to make places of worship safer from attacks. Learn more