The first and only Latina U.S. senator's re-election last week handed Democrats control of the Senate.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto speaks to the crowd at the main stage at the Broadacres Marketplace in North Las Vegas on Oct. 23. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
, whose re-election last week handed Democrats control of the Senate, tells Axios that constant outreach to Latino voters in Nevada is one of the reasons for her win."The energy that I saw in the Latino community in both parts of the state — they were active, they were engaged, they were paying attention," Cortez Masto told Axios.
“It's so important that no voter — whether it's Latino or AAPI or any voter — no voter should be taken for granted."Cortez Masto's campaign began airing Spanish-language ads in March that highlighted her family's Mexican roots and immigration story. It also ran English-language ads featuring Latinos, and several of her campaign staff leaders are Latino.
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