For all my friends who have worked on getting out the vote in Nevada -- guess what's coming: the re-election campaign of U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Republicans have the knives out for her.
The first Latina to serve in the U.S. Senate, Cortez Masto defeated Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) in 2016 by just a little more than two percentage points — and her 2022 race is also expected to be tight. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which exists to elect more Republicans to the Senate, released its first ad of the cycle against Cortez Masto last week.
Hard working UniteHERE doorknockers attribute her victory in 2016 to their turnout work for Hillary Clinton -- who also carried the Silver State by a sliver.
In my very short canvassing experience in that year, it seemed rare in Reno to meet a voter who'd heard of Cortez Masto, then the state attorney general. But they voted for Hillary and Cortez Masto came along for the ride.
Since then, Cortez Masto has become a rising star, heading the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) (the fundraising committee) during the 2020 election cycle.
Here's her announcement video:
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