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Media Calls Nevada for Catherine Cortez Masto, Giving Democrats U.S. Senate


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Decision Desk H.Q. projects Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto has won re-election against Republican challenger Adam Laxalt.

If the projection is correct, the result gives Democrats the U.S. Senate.

With 98% reporting, Masto leads Laxalt 48.70% to 48.20%.

Around 5,000 votes separates the two candidates.

From NBC News:

Democrats defied historical trends and defeated several candidates backed by former President Donald Trump to keep control of the Senate, providing enormous relief for President Joe Biden.

The battle for the House, meanwhile, remains too close to call.

The picture in the Senate became clear late Saturday after Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada narrowly defeated Republican Adam Laxalt to win re-election, putting her party over the threshold, NBC News projected Saturday.

“Thank you, Nevada!” Cortez Masto said in a tweet Saturday evening after its two most populous counties, Clark and Washoe, finished counting mail-in ballots.

However, the Laxalt campaign is reportedly weighing whether or not to ask for a recount.

The New York Post reported:

As Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead in the Nevada Senate race dwindles with 93% of the vote counted, his campaign is reportedly “bracing for a loss” and weighing asking for a recount.

Laxalt is ahead of incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto by just 800 votes after 23,000 mail-in ballots were tabulated in Clark County on Friday. The results from the mail-in ballots are favoring Cortez Masto at a 2-1 rate. Clark County, home to Las Vegas, reportedly has about 27,000 mail-in ballots left to be counted.

“The mood is not great,” a Laxalt campaign adviser told the Daily Mail, adding that staffers are looking for someone to blame.

“I’ll say this, internally, the knives are out,” the person said, explaining that publicly the campaign is projecting confidence while behind the scenes staffers are “bracing for a loss.”

The Laxalt campaign is apparently weighing whether or not to seek a recount in the event of a loss, which would require Laxalt’s team to cover the costs involved.

Laxalt was ahead in the race until Saturday afternoon when Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto took the lead.

The race was called shortly after Cortez Masto pulled ahead of Laxalt.

On Thursday, WeLoveTrump reported on the thousands of outstanding ballots Clark County had yet to count.

Clark County Needs THREE Additional Days to Count Roughly 50,000 Ballots

Suspiciously, the Washoe County election livestream went dark one night earlier this week.

Washoe County, Nevada Election Livestream Goes DARK Overnight



 

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