BREAKING: Democrats To Retain Control Of Senate As Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Wins Nevada Senate Race

NBC News reports:

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina elected to the Senate, will hold onto her seat in Nevada after enduring a bruising campaign against Republican Adam Laxalt, who fell short of ousting the Democrat despite severe midterm headwinds, NBC News projects.

In the campaign’s closing days, Laxalt hammered a strict partisan message, vowing not to work with the left and promising to hold Senate hearings examining Biden’s top medical adviser Anthony Fauci and Biden’s son, Hunter.

Laxalt, a MAGA loyalist who drew Donald Trump as well as Donald Trump Jr. to the state to stump for him, had questioned the results of the 2020 election, even saying the results were “rigged.”

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NBC calls it: Dems will control the Senate after Cortez Masto wins in Nevada: https://t.co/SJoDFOpqkt

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 13, 2022

NEW: @CortezMasto has declared victory over @AdamLaxalt. #NVsen pic.twitter.com/hhu5mxi4DG

— Rio Lacanlale (@riolacanlale) November 13, 2022

PROJECTED: Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to win re-election, earning a second term representing Nevada in the nation’s capital. pic.twitter.com/Lwc8mJA76i

— Nevada Independent (@TheNVIndy) November 13, 2022