Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says in new campaign ads that 14 members of Adam Laxalt's family have chosen to endorse her instead of him in the Nevada Senate race.
, is the latest attempt by Cortez Masto’s campaign to go after Laxalt's claims to his political pedigree in the battleground, which date back to his late grandfather, Paul Laxalt.
Paul Laxalt, a former Nevada senator and governor, was a political institution in the state for decades. Cortez Masto’s campaign,In October, Laxalt responded to the letter from his 14 family members,:"It’s not surprising that once again a handful of family members and spouses, half of whom do not live in Nevada, and most of whom are Democrats, are supporting a Democrat."
Former President Barack Obama at a rally for Cortez Masto and other Nevada Democrats this week poked fun at the Laxalt family dynamic. “We all might have a crazy uncle that kind of goes off the rails,” Obama said, laughing. “But if you got a full Thanksgiving dinner table and they’re all saying you don’t belong in the U.S. Senate — when the people who know you best think your opponent would do a better job, that says something about you. That says something about Catherine.”
It's the second time Laxalt family members have endorsed his opponent. In his unsuccessful run for governor in 2018, 12 of his relatives penned an op-ed saying Laxalt’s campaign “leveraged and exploited the family name.” That prompted a rebuttal from 22 other Laxalt family members who voiced their support for him.
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