WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters traveled to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District to fire up volunteers and expand the RNC’s election integrity operation. Republicans are unified behind Marty O’Donnell, and this district is key to maintaining the House majority.
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RNC
Chairman Gruters Rallies Nevada Republicans Behind O’Donnell in Bid to Unseat
Lee
Nevada
Globe
September
2, 2026
"Republican
National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters traveled to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional
District this week to headline a volunteer and election integrity training to
rally Republicans behind Marty O’Donnell, who is challenging Democratic Rep.
Susie Lee in one of the most competitive House races in the country.
Addressing
volunteers and local activists, Gruters framed Nevada as central to the battle
for control of Congress in November. “Nevada is one of the biggest
battlegrounds in America, and what happens here could help decide the future of
our country,” he told the crowd. Gruters pointed to what he called a historic
recruitment push, saying the RNC has signed up nearly 17,000 poll workers
nationwide so far this cycle, which he said puts the effort 42% ahead of its
pace at the same point in 2024. That presidential cycle saw the RNC and Trump
campaign recruit more than 230,000 election-integrity volunteers and 6,000
volunteer attorneys, a network Gruters said the party is now building on for
the midterms.
Gruters
also pointed to the RNC’s ongoing lawsuit against Nevada Secretary of State
Francisco Aguilar over a law allowing certain people who have never lived in
the state to vote, one of more than 170 election integrity suits the committee
has filed nationwide this cycle. “We aren’t waiting until Election Day,” he
said. “We’re taking the fight to the courtroom and fighting to stop problems
before ballots are ever cast...."
