Catherine Cortez Masto chaired a group as attorney general that opposed two bills increasing penalties for meth possession. The opposition came after law enforcement said the bills would likely criminalize meth users rather than go after drug dealers.
The ads are running in English and Spanish. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fundthat began running Oct. 5 focuses on Cortez Masto’s record as attorney general from 2007 to 2015.
Our review of Cortez Masto’s actions on Nevada’s meth crisis shows the ad’s characterization of Cortez Masto’s work falls short and stands in contrast to her full record.In January 2007, Nevada’s then-Republican Gov. Jim Gibbonsthe Governor’s Working Group on Methamphetamine Use and appointed 16 members. Cortez Masto, then attorney general, chaired the group.
In March 2007, Cortez Masto and the working group gave the governor and state legislators preliminary findings and feedback on proposed legislation., sought to do two things: reduce the minimum amount of drugs necessary to convict someone of drug trafficking and to increase the minimum sentence for this crime, according to AP reporting from 2007 that PolitiFact found via a news database.
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