22nd Governor of Nevada; United States Senator from Nevada
Neither candidate could be called an electric campaigner, and Cortez Masto had a difficult slot that evening: shortly after John Legend and right before Barack Obama.After the appearance by Legend — who recently wrapped up a Las Vegas residency and played a couple of songs on a piano for an adoring audience — Cortez Masto spoke about how her grandfather was “a baker from Chihuahua” and how, before her, “there had never been a Latina elected to the U.S. Senate.
One commercial broadcast Tuesday morning, paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, featured a Nevada woman assailing his abortion position, saying, “I take it incredibly personally that Adam Laxalt is working to take away the rights of my daughters.” Another spot, from the Democratic-aligned Senate Majority political action committee, includes audio of Laxalt saying during a breakfast with pastors that “Roe v. Wade was always a joke.
“Inflation isn’t going away,” a narrator says in a Laxalt commercial running this week. “Gas and groceries are too expensive.” Another pro-Laxalt ad features a picture of Cortez Masto superimposed next to Speaker Nancy Pelosi as both are showered in cash. The spot, from the Senate Leadership Fund — the political action committee of Senate Republicans — makes the case that “Costly Catherine” is a high-spending Democrat.
“Abortion is very important to a big segment of the electorate, but that also means there are large segments of the electorate that don’t particularly care about abortion either way,” he said. “They may have a pro-choice or pro-life position, but it’s not what drives them to make their vote choice or drives them to turn out.”
Laxalt has been a divisive politician. He parroted Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud when he served as chair of the former president’s 2020 campaign in Nevada. When he was attorney general, he was caught on a secret recording in which he pressured state gambling regulators on behalf of a major donor, Sheldon Adelson.
'two top issues: the economy and abortion' Seems a bit silly in this context
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