How Catherine Cortez Masto clinched the Nevada seat — and the Senate.
Nov. 13, 2022, 10:22 PM UTCSPARKS, Nev. — In a backyard on a sunny afternoon in late October, a smattering of former office holders, donors and prominent Nevada families surrounded DemocraticThe significance? They were all Republicans from the swing area of Washoe County, and some supported abortion rights, just like Cortez Masto, who lost the county in 2016.
The campaign's internal data moving into the fall showed that a significant number of Nevadans still didn't know Laxalt's stance on abortion, said an adviser to Cortez Masto. That underscored a vulnerability on an issue she was certain would motivate the electorate. As ballots came in, Cortez Masto took the lead late last week in Washoe over Laxalt, who had called the 2020 presidential election"rigged" andnot to work with the other side of the aisle. Cortez Masto took the opposite tack, touting her work with Republicans like Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, for instance, in one of a slew of strategic decisions, described by a campaign adviser, that led to her victory..
"When all the national pundits said I couldn’t win, I knew Nevada would prove them wrong," she said in a victory speech Sunday."Because in Nevada, no one gets left behind — and that means standing up for our families when no one else will."Laxalt has not yet publicly addressed the race's outcome. As of Sunday evening, Laxalt had not called Cortez Masto offering a concession, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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