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Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2016 in Nevada. She previously served two terms as Nevada's Attorney General.

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Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 26, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:

Says Adam Laxalt said it is “good news” that “a lot of those Hispanic small businesses never reopened” after the pandemic.

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:

Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 17, 2022 in an ad:

"Adam Laxalt fought an investigation into the oil industry, then they funded his campaign."

By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad:

Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control."

By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2022

Club for Growth Action
stated on October 21, 2022 in an ad:

Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.

By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2022
One Nation
stated on July 16, 2022 in ads:

Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2022
Joe Heck
stated on October 25, 2016 in a political ad.:

Says "Catherine Cortez Masto indicted (Brian Krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career"

By Riley Snyder • November 1, 2016
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 13, 2016 in a television ad:

Says "Catherine Cortez Masto failed Nevada rape victims. While attorney general, thousands of rape kits were never sent for DNA analysis."

By Riley Snyder • September 28, 2016
LIBRE Initiative
stated on September 13, 2016 in a digital ad:

"Latinos in Nevada support Educational Savings Accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. But Catherine Cortez Masto is against it."

By Riley Snyder • September 19, 2016

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