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Candidate profile: Jim Marchant in Nevada’s 1st District

Republican Jim Marchant is one of 16 candidates in Nevada’s contested 1st Congressional District race in the 2026 general election.

Candidate profile: Jim Marchant in Nevada’s 1st District

Key takeaways

  • Jim Marchant is running as a Republican in NV-1.
  • The general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
  • The contested race includes 16 candidates.
  • Dina Titus, a Democrat, is the incumbent.
  • No documented policy positions are on file for any candidate.

Jim Marchant is running as a Republican for the U.S. House in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District. The contested general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026, and includes 16 candidates.

Marchant is one of eight Republicans in the race. Five Democrats, two independent candidates and one candidate listed with another affiliation are also running. Democratic Rep. Dina Titus is the incumbent.

Marchant’s background and positions

No candidate biography is on file for Marchant. The record does not list documented positions for him on issues that could come before Congress.

No figures for Marchant’s campaign fundraising, spending or cash on hand are on file. Those three measures can help voters follow how a campaign obtains and uses money, but they do not describe a candidate’s policy views or qualifications.

Republican candidates

Keith Hanoff is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Hanoff.

Marie Encar Arana Arnold is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Arnold.

Jim Marchant is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Marchant.

Michael Boris is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Boris.

Carrie Buck is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Buck.

Rick Sage is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Sage.

Roy William MR Gurner is running as a Republican. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Gurner.

Jim Blockey is running as a Republican. No biography or documented policy positions are on file. His campaign reports $22,289.31 raised and $21,815.10 spent; no cash-on-hand figure is on file.

Democratic candidates

Joy Hoover is running as a Democrat. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Hoover.

Alex Pereszlenyi is running as a Democrat. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Pereszlenyi.

Gabriel Cornejo is running as a Democrat. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Cornejo.

Dina Titus is running as a Democrat and is the incumbent. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Titus.

Luis Paniagua is running as a Democrat. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Paniagua.

Independent and other candidates

Afzal Khan is running as an independent. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Khan.

Anthony MR Jr. Thomas is running as an independent. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Thomas.

J E II Houston is listed with an “Other” affiliation. No biography, documented policy positions, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file for Houston.

Voters in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District will decide among the candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. Candidate filings, policy statements and campaign-finance records may change as the election proceeds.

What to watch

  • Updates to the candidate list before the election
  • New campaign-finance filings
  • Official candidate policy statements
  • Election administration deadlines

Who's running: U.S. House, District 1

Election day: November 3, 2026

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