Rick Shepherd
NV-02 Republican nominee?
$103.1K
JUN 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCandidate
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyTrump-aligned Republican
LocationNevada
Notable personal detailsRick Shepherd is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on 2026-01-02 and has an authorized principal campaign committee, Rick Shepherd for Congress. He is a Northern Nevada resident based in Reno.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports eliminating property tax on owner-occupied homes and banning corporate/foreign ownership of single-family homes, opposes corporate bailouts and subsidies, and calls for redirecting large portions of military spending toward domestic needs while also endorsing universal single‑payer healthcare and opposing central bank digital currencies. These positions mix tax cuts/owner protections and free‑market rhetoric with proposals for expanded government spending and programmatic redistribution.
Healthcare
Supports true universal single-payer healthcare that is fully public and free at the point of service, eliminating premiums, copays, deductibles, denials, medical debt, and bankruptcies. Prioritizes fighting healthcare price gouging and ending medical debt burdens. Describes the current system as profit-driven and calls for a public solution to achieve universal coverage.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stronger border security and deportation of people in the country illegally while also endorsing expanded legal immigration pathways and measures to limit H‑1B program abuses. Policy messaging emphasizes enforcement combined with selective legal-immigration reforms.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate states that it is unacceptable to deny a woman her right to choose what to do with her body, expressing support for abortion access.
Climate & Energy
Supports energy independence using domestic resources including lithium, solar, batteries, renewables, and advanced liquid-fluoride thorium reactors (LFTR). Favors market-driven competition and opposes corporate bailouts or subsidies for energy. Emphasis is on domestic production and energy independence rather than emissions targets or aggressive regulatory approaches.
News
Rick Shepherd is being mentioned in coverage of Nevada’s expectedly competitive 2026 governor’s race. The main development is that Democrats are trying to reclaim the governorship, with affordability issues likely to be a major campaign theme. The reporting does not give many specific new details about Shepherd himself beyond his place in the race.
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