Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David Flippo on the deck of the home overlooking downtown Reno he is renting as his campaign headquarters for his June 9 GOP primary race in Nevada’s Congressional District 2. John Haughey / The Epoch Times
RENO, Nevada—Fourth-generation rancher and Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director James Settelmeyer was the overwhelming favorite to succeed the retiring Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) by winning November’s midterm election in the state’s deep red Congressional District 2.
He earned broad name recognition across the 65,000-square-mile district, which spans 12 northern Nevada counties, as a small government, low tax, “common sense” conservative during his 18 years in the state legislature, including as state Senate minority leader, and as President Donald Trump’s 2020 Nevada campaign co-chair.