Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen received reelection to a second time period, holding a vital U.S. Senate seat in Democratic fingers.
Rosen defeated Republican Sam Brown, a former Military captain wounded within the Afghanistan Warfare.
For the size of her race, Rosen maintained a stronger polling lead than any of her fellow Democratic incumbents in swing states, although Brown narrowed her benefit within the ultimate weeks.
Nonetheless, Rosen’s victory spares Democrats a probably embarrassing and dear defeat within the Battle Born State, the place the late Senate Democratic chief Harry Reid’s vaunted political machine had given Democrats the higher hand for the higher a part of twenty years.
“Since I’ve been in Congress, I’ve really been focused on Nevada. I’m a pragmatic problem-solver,” Rosen advised HuffPost in a late September interview. “People in Nevada know that I’m willing to invest in them, expand opportunities, and not afraid to take anybody on, whether it’s the post office or [President Joe Biden].”
Brown, a former state Home candidate in Texas and unsuccessful contender for the GOP Senate nomination in Nevada in 2022, tried to preempt criticism of his opposition to abortion rights by revealing in an interview along with his spouse, Amy, in February that she had had an abortion earlier than they met. He additionally affirmed that he wouldn’t vote for a federal abortion ban infringing on Nevada’s protections for the process.
However Rosen leveraged a fundraising edge to outline Brown as an excessive opponent of abortion rights earlier than Brown had the assets to reply on the tv airwaves. “He’s trying to change his story to get elected, but for years, MAGA extremist Sam Brown has been pushing to ban abortion,” a Rosen advert warned in July.
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Within the ultimate two weeks of the race, as former President Donald Trump developed momentum in Nevada and early-voting patterns pointed to sturdy Republican turnout, nationwide GOP teams determined to pour tens of millions of {dollars} into the race on Brown’s behalf.
A video spot by the Senate Management Fund, Senate Republicans’ major tremendous PAC, depicted Rosen as an antagonist to Trump who has backed “radical liberal policies” on inflation, immigration and transgender rights.
“A vote for Jacky Rosen is a vote against Donald Trump,” the advert started.
That message didn’t get sufficient traction, nonetheless, due to Rosen’s means to level to high-profile moments when she broke with Biden, together with by opposing photo voltaic panel tariffs and mineral mining laws.
Rosen’s advertisements regularly referenced the truth that Georgetown College’s Lugar Middle ranked her one of the vital bipartisan senators.
She additionally relentlessly emphasised her work to fight inflation by opposing a serious grocery store merger and voting for a invoice that capped seniors’ insulin prices at $35 a month.
“We can’t let special interests keep ripping us off,” she concluded in one TV spot, whereas standing within the produce space of a grocery retailer.
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