Over the Veterans Day weekend, two additional Democratic candidates for secretary of state defeated Republicans who endorsed former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential contest was stolen, delivering another blow to far-right conspiracy theorists running for top elections posts. In Arizona, Democrat Adrian Fontes beat his Republican opponent Mark Finchem, a state … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Tim Reid and Jason Lange Article content PHOENIX — Democrats will hold onto control of the U.S. Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden. Still, Republicans remained close to … Read more
Democrats will retain a majority in the US Senate in a big boost to Joe Biden’s presidency after Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada. According to the Associated Press, Cortez Masto is projected to win her contest against Republican candidate Adam Laxalt, in one of the most competitive races of the midterm elections. Cortez … Read more
U.S. networks called the key Senate race in Nevada for Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto, giving the party the 50 seats it needs for an effective majority U.S. networks called the key Senate race in Nevada for Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto, giving the party the 50 seats it needs for an effective majority President … Read more
Democrats will stay in control of the US Senate next year after Democratic US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden. Still, Republicans remained close to winning control of the US House of Representatives as officials continued counting ballots cast in … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Democrats are poised to keep control of the US Senate after Catherine Cortez Masto prevailed in the election for a closely fought seat in Nevada that opponent Adam Laxalt is likely to contest. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Steven T. Dennis du7dv7dvajjw8i1ax7i56t5g_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg RSS Article content (Bloomberg) — Democrats … Read more
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) was projected to win reelection over Adam Laxalt in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race, assuring Democratic control of the Senate. The latest vote tallies were enough for networks to call the race for Cortez Masto, who trailed until final mail-in ballots were counted in more populous counties like Clark and Washoe. … Read more
Democrats on Saturday were one seat away from majority control of the US Senate next year, as vote-counting in deeply-divided Nevada continued following Tuesday’s midterm elections and campaigning kicked off for a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia. If incumbent Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto manages to fend off Republican Adam Laxalt in Nevada, her party … Read more
CNN — The Nevada secretary of state’s office has ordered the hand counting of mail-in ballots in Nye County, Nevada to stop, after the state Supreme Court said the method violates state law. In a letter sent Thursday night, Nevada’s deputy secretary for elections Mark Wlaschin told Nye County’s interim clerk Mark Kampf that local … Read more
Volunteers in Nye County were directed to cease hand-counting ballots immediately after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the current process is illegal. In a three-page opinion, the state Supreme Court sided with objections raised by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, which argued that the count was being conducted in a way that … Read more