U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) speaks at a campaign rally for the Nevada Democratic Party at Cheyenne High School on November 1, 2022 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., won re-election against former State Attorney General Adam Laxalt, securing a swing state seat for the Democratic Party, NBC News predicts.
The victory is a boost for Democrats in their bid to take control of the Senate, as Nevada represents one of the Republicans’ best chances for a seat. The Nevada race is one of the last to be settled in the US Senate: Georgia will hold a final election on December 6 between Democratic Senators Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker of the US Senate. Republican Party.
Cortez Masto has represented Nevada in the US Senate since 2017, the first Latina to be elected to the institute. The former state attorney general has replaced the late Senator Harry Reid, who held the seat from 1987 to 2017.
Nevada Democratic Party motor on comprehensive immigration reform and abortion rights. She warned that Senate Republicans would try to push for an outright ban on abortion if Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, was elected.
Cortez Masto also Offer The Biden administration’s most popular policies include the Inflation Reduction Act, which she says will reduce costs and make health care more affordable.
Cortez Masto served two terms as attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.
