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Senator Catherine. Cortez Masto. Latest News. June 26, 2024. Cortez Masto, Rosen Applaud $33 Million in PILT Payments to Nevada Counties. Read More. July 2, 2024. Cortez Masto Leads Delegation in Letter Calling for Further Protections for Ash Meadows. Read More.
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada, a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Cortez Masto served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.
A former federal prosecutor and a tough-on-crime Attorney General, Catherine knows families can’t get ahead if they don’t feel safe. She led the fight to break up sex trafficking rings and wrote the law to make sex trafficking a crime in Nevada.
Catherine is a leader in the Senate pushing for action and securing resources to combat climate change and create clean energy jobs. She is fighting to protect Dreamers and repair our broken immigration system, which is critical for Nevada communities and our economy.
Nov 13, 2022 · Cortez Masto, the first Latina ever elected and now re-elected to the Senate, ran ads touting ties to law enforcement to push back against a GOP crime narrative and worked her connections with...
Nov 14, 2022 · Instead, Ms. Cortez Masto, the first and only Latina senator, defied political gravity and prevailed on Saturday night, securing a second term and sealing Democrats’ control of the Senate, and...
May 9, 2024 · Catherine Cortez Masto is an American politician who was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 2016 and began her first term representing Nevada in that body the following year; she was the first Latina to serve as a U.S. senator and was reelected in 2022. She previously was attorney general.
