Catherine Cortez Masto Vs. Adam Laxalt, Nevada Senate Election

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• Democratic US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Republican Adam Laxalt of Nevada
• The win of Cortez Masto means that Democrats are still in control of the US Senate.
• The most-watched race in the nation was the one in the swing.

Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican Adam Laxalt in Nevada’s US Senate election.

The victory gave Democrats 50 US Senate seats in the next congressional session — enough to again secure a majority even with Georgia’s US Senate race between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker still undecided.

Nevada’s Senate Candidates

Cortez Masto has been a regular participant in close races. She was the leader of Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, as the party achieved a tie-breaking majority after Jon Ossoff and Warnock’s narrow victories in the 2021 Georgia Senate elections. A protégé of the late-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Cortez Masto made history as the first Latina elected to the US Senate when she succeeded Reid in 2017.

Nevada political royalty is where Laxalt comes from. His grandfather, Paul Laxalt (US senator), was both a governor as well as a senator. It was also revealed in 2013He is the son Pete Domenici, a US senator who hails from New Mexico. Cortez Masto’s campaign painted Laxalt as out-of-touch because of his background, especially in the interracial community. an ad that echoed HBO’s “Succession.”

Although Laxalt was previously the state attorney general, that didn’t stop Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak defeating Laxalt to become the state’s first Democratic governor in more than two decades. Laxalt, a Trump campaign official and top Trump campaign official, led unsuccessful challenges in the state after the election. tried to spark doubts about the current race.

A win here for the GOP would have been enough to decide the majority, ending the longest-ever evenly divided Senate. But Cortez Massto was able to hold on and block the GOP’s passage to 51 seats.

Nevada has a long history of voting 

Since Reid’s election, at least one of the two state Senate seats has been held by Democrats. The party’s total control was achieved in 2018 by the defeat of Dean Heller, the Republican incumbent, by Sen. Jacky Rosen. 

Although Nevada was considered a swing state for presidential elections, experts worry that its changing demographics could make it more difficult for the GOP to win. Some of these concerns have been dispelled by the efforts of former President Donald Trump to reach more Latino voters.

The money race

According to OpenSecretsCortez Masto has raised over $52.8 million and spent $46.6 million. As of October 19, Laxalt had approximately $6.3 million in her hands. Laxalt has raised $15.5million, spent $12.3million, and had approximately $3.2 million in hand as of October 19.

The expenditures by super PACs, party commissions, and other organizations advocating or opposing these candidates has been huge. per OpenSecrets — about $128.3 million combined, through November 8. In all, 15 different outside groups spent at least $1 million on this race — a few into the eight-figure range.

Experts’ opinions

The race between Cortez Mato and Laxalt were unanimously rated as a toss-up by Inside Elections, The Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.