Catherine Cortez Masto, US senator from Nevada, was re-elected to a second term on Saturday, November 12, 2022. The 58-year-old Democratic senior senator defeated her opponent. , former Nevada Attorney General, Adam Laxalt, in a close race. Cortez Masto’s current term began on January 3, 2017, when she made history by becoming the first Latin American senator in the United States. Additionally, after defeating Republican Joe Heck in the 2016 election, the Democrat became the first woman to be elected as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
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– Catherine Cortez Masto (@CortezMasto) November 13, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, was the first Latina to serve in the senate of the United States Congress.
Catherine Cortez Masto was born on March 29, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and obtained her Bachelor of Finance degree from the University of Nevada in 1986. She sought and received her Juris Doctorate (law degree) from Gonzaga University in the same year. 1990 after receiving a BS. Cortez Masto began her legal career in 1990 when she was accepted into the Nevada State Bar. She has also clerked for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in 1991 and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1994. At various points in her career, the senior senator has worked as a civil attorney and criminal prosecutor.
Catherine Cortez Masto ended up working for former Nevada Governor Bob Miller, eventually becoming his chief of staff. Her husband, Paul Masto, is a former U.S. Secret Service agent she met while working for Governor Miller. Cortez Masto moved from working in government offices for several years until serving as Clark County Deputy Sheriff (2002-2005) when she campaigned for Attorney General in 2006. Cortez Masto defeated the Republican candidate for the position of Attorney General of Nevada as the Democratic candidate.
After being re-elected to a second term in 2010, the Democrat served as attorney general from 2007 to 2015. Cortez Masto dropped out of her candidacy for governor of Nevada in 2014. However, she ran for U.S. senator from Nevada.
A big change happened when former Senate member Harry Reid decided not to run for re-election in 2016. Thus, he cleared the way for Cortez Masto to succeed Reid and ultimately win the close race. with Republican rival Joe Heck. Catherine Cortez Masto took office as a senator of the United States Congress on January 3, 2017. Coincidentally, the Democrat became the first Latino elected to the United States Senate.
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