Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Adam Laxalt in Nevada Senate race

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Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Adam Laxalt in Nevada Senate race by 6556 votes.

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Catherine Cortez Masto got 487,829 votes and  Adam Laxalt got 481,273  in Nevada Senate race 

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Cortez Masto served two terms as Nevada's attorney general before becoming the first Latina ever elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. 

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Laxalt tried to pull voters in by promising to combat inflation, which he attributed to poor decision-making by Cortez Masto 

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He also promised to help secure America's southern border, including resuming Trump's border wall project. 

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She campaigned on women's reproductive rights, criticizing Laxalt for calling the Roe v Wade decision "a joke," 

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She was running neck and neck with Laxalt, Nevada's former attorney general who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. 

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Cortez Masto’s crucial victory comes after Arizona was called for incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly and Democrat John Fetterman flipped a key Senate seat in Pennsylvania. 

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