Sen Jacky Rosen vs. Sam Brown in Nevada Senate race

Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican challenger Sam Brown are facing disconnected successful Nevada, arsenic Democrats conflict to clasp onto nan spot and their constrictive mostly successful nan Senate. 

Polls showed Rosen starring successful nan race, her first reelection bid, arsenic Election Day approached. But nan authorities has historically posed polling difficulties, and was location to nan closest Senate title successful nan state successful 2022. 

Republicans haven't won a Senate title successful nan Silver State since 2012, but they flipped nan governor's mansion successful nan past election, which suggested that nan Senate spot could beryllium successful play in 2024. 

Brown is simply a West Point postgraduate and combat seasoned who was awarded a Purple Heart for his work successful Afghanistan, wherever a roadside explosive detonation near him pinch third-degree burns. He went connected to go a mini business owner, and has campaigned connected separator information and economical issues. Republicans poured money into advertizing successful nan authorities successful nan last weeks of nan run seeking to boost Brown amid dense Democratic finance successful advertizing — particularly connected abortion. 

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) and Republican challenger Sam Brown. Getty Images

Democrats hammered Brown complete abortion passim nan campaign, arsenic nan rumor has galvanized voters nationwide since nan Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade successful 2022. Abortion is besides connected nan ballot this twelvemonth successful Nevada, pinch a measurement that would enshrine abortion arsenic an individual correct successful nan authorities constitution. 

Outside of abortion, economical issues person besides been particularly salient successful Nevada this cycle. With an system mostly based astir tourism and hospitality surrounding Las Vegas, Nevada is location to a important moving people population. The state's system was among nan astir impacted by pandemic closures successful 2020, starring to a overmuch slower betterment than successful different states, and spurring vexation pinch Democrat-led policies. Brown seized connected nan rumor during nan campaign, on pinch migration — 2 issues connected which Republicans person been taking purpose astatine nan Biden-Harris administration's policies. 

Still, for Rosen — a 67-year-old erstwhile machine programmer and synagogue president — nan title appeared to plaything successful her favour aft Vice President Kamala Harris kicked disconnected her statesmanlike campaign. While President Biden had struggled to garner support successful nan state, Harris' entranceway seemed to shrink nan separator by which Democrats had to overperform nan apical of nan ticket. That move was particularly pronounced successful Nevada, nan Cook Political Report noted successful an analysis, changing its standing from a toss-up to thin Democrat successful August.

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• United States Senate
• Nevada
• 2024 Elections