Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 | 10:53 a.m.
Catherine Cortez Masto
Joe Heck
The U.S. Senate race between Joe Heck and Catherine Cortez Masto is a tossup, according to the Daily Kos.
The liberal website ranks Nevada as one of just four too-close-to-call Senate races in the 2016 election, posing the same question about its outgoing Democratic senator that many political insiders have: “Did Harry Reid’s retirement leave the Democrats worse off, because he’s a legendarily formidable campaigner and fundraiser? Or are they actually better off, since Nevadans have only soured on him further since his remarkable Houdini act in 2010?”
Cortez Masto, the former Attorney General, has raised significant funds in the early months of the race and would be the first Latina elected to the body. Heck, a two-term GOP representative and Army brigadier general, enjoys broad backing among Republicans.
It all makes for a tight race. According to the Daily Kos: “Democrats should be able to keep this seat if their presidential standard-bearer carries the state, but Nevada can prove disappointingly soft.”
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