Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) mentioned Sunday that races are “always tight in Nevada” in an interview on CBS Information’s “Face the Nation.”
“You mentioned your victory in 2022, that was just by 8,000 votes. So this could be a tight one as well, this time around. The Trump campaign talks about making inroads with the working-class population, in particular, on the issue of the economy, your state has the second highest unemployment rate in the country,” CBS Information’s Margaret Brennan mentioned within the interview.
“The majority of voters do not have a college degree. Why shouldn’t the Trump campaign be confident that they are making inroads with this key demographic?”
“Well, a couple of things, Margaret, you talked about my tight race,” Cortez Masto responded. “They’re always tight in Nevada. It’s a swing state. They’re always close. It’s always within the margin, and that’s why it is important you get out and talk to voters and you don’t take anyone for granted.”
“And you’re right, a large part of our population, our service industry, those are high school-educated individuals. That’s my family,” Cortez Masto continued. “They worked in this industry, and these are the individuals we wanna talk to, but we also have been engaging them on the issues that matter to them.”
Nevada is enjoying a key position on this yr’s elections, each within the legislative and govt branches.
“And if you look at our strong organized labor, which is the culinary, which is made up mostly of the service industry, along with our building trades, they’re knocking on those doors in favor of the Democrats, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” Cortez Masto mentioned. “So, there is this outright concerted effort by everyone to make sure our voters understand … what’s at stake here, and there’s a stark difference.”
This yr, incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) is trying to maintain on to her seat as Democrats hope to take care of management of the Senate, whereas Vice President Harris and former President Trump could must safe the Silver State to win the presidency.
In accordance with an common of Nevada polls from The Hill/Determination Desk HQ, Trump is main Harris within the state by 1.8 proportion factors, with the previous president garnering 49 p.c assist to the vice chairman’s 47.2.
In one other common of Nevada polls from The Hill/Determination Desk HQ, Rosen is forward of her Republican challenger, Sam Brown, by 3.5 factors, with the incumbent Democrat garnering 48.2 p.c assist to her GOP rival’s 44.7.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump marketing campaign for remark.
