Joy Longero Amodei died Tuesday at age 80. She was the mother of Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., and Denise Amodei Boyden. Services have not been scheduled. Amodei’s staff issued a statement saying details will be forthcoming. Amodei left Washington, D.C., late Tuesday to return to Carson City. Joy Amodei’s face became well-known to Nevada voters during her son’s election battle with Treasurer Kate Marshall. After Marshall put out TV ads charging that Amodei wanted to end Medicare, Joy Amodei appeared in a commercial with her son saying that wasn’t true. After the ad stated that Amodei would protect Medicare, it …