Editing Jon Porter (section)

==U.S. House of Representatives==
In December, 2005, he joined with several other congressmen to form the [[Second Amendments]], a [[bipartisan]] [[rock music|rock]] and [[country music|country]] band set to play for United States troops stationed overseas over the holiday season.

===Elections===
;2000
Porter lost the race for [[U.S. Congress]] in [[Nevada's 1st congressional district]] against Democratic incumbent [[Shelley Berkley]]. Berkley won 52% to 44%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=708|title=Our Campaigns – NV District 1 Race – Nov 07, 2000|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

;2002
However, this immediately made him the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in the newly created 3rd District. The district had been created due to a population explosion in the Las Vegas area. Porter easily won the Republican nomination and faced [[Clark County, Nevada|Clark County]] Commissioner [[Dario Herrera]]. The race was considered one of the hottest in the nation, in part because the district had been created as a "fair fight" district. However, Herrera's campaign foundered due to ethical problems, most notably when he was paid $50,000 by the Las Vegas Housing Authority for "public relations work."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Nov-07-Fri-2003/news/22540506.html|title=Las Vegas Review-Journal|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref> Porter won 56% to 37%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=909|title=Our Campaigns – NV District 3 Race – Nov 05, 2002|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

;2004
Porter defeated Tom Gallagher by a wider-than-expected 14-point margin (54% to 40%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=4225|title=Our Campaigns – NV – District 03 Race – Nov 02, 2004|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

;2006
Porter won re-election over his opponent Tessa Hafen, former press secretary for U.S. Senator [[Harry Reid]], with 48% to 47%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=206991|title=Our Campaigns – NV – District 03 Race – Nov 07, 2006|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

;2008
The closeness of the 2006 race, combined with the marginal nature of the district, led Democrats to target Porter for defeat in 2008. After their initial choice, Clark County District Attorney Robert Daskas, dropped out for family reasons, the Democrats quickly recruited [[Nevada Senate|State Senate]] Minority Leader [[Dina Titus]], the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor in 2006. In the November 2008 election, Porter lost only the second general election of his career, taking 42 percent of the vote to Titus' 47 percent. Porter was likely hampered by a sharp increase in Democratic registration, as well as [[Barack Obama]] carrying the district with 55 percent of the vote.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} Additionally, Porter was seen as a potentially strong challenger to [[Harry Reid]], the Democratic Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate who was up for reelection in [[2010 United States Senate election in Nevada|2010]], so it was thought that Reid targeted Porter for defeat in order to eliminate him as a possible opponent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/07/one-word-preparation/|title = One word: Preparation - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper|date = 7 November 2010}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
Porter was a member of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Ways and Means Committee]] and the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|Budget Committee]].{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}