Mr Laxalt’s victory over Sam Brown, a retired Army captain, was announced by the Associated Press. He and Ms. Cortez Masto, considered one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats, will now prepare for a costly months-long conflict as Republicans try to regain control of the Senate. Co-chair of the 2020 Trump campaign in Nevada, Mr. Laxalt was so supported by former President Donald J. Trump and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, two of the Republican Party’s most popular figures. Following in Trump’s footsteps, Laxalt made baseless allegations of electoral fraud in the 2020 election and began laying the groundwork for tackling electoral fraud in his own race this year, months before the vote. The approvals were the cornerstone of Mr. Laxalt’s campaign, with the two national leaders visiting the state to raise funds for him and record television commercials on his behalf. Mr Laxalt also received a boost from the Club for Growth, a strong conservative anti-tax group whose political action committee spent nearly $ 1 million. The Republican qualifier has intensified in recent months between Mr. Laxalt and Mr. Brown, who have won significant support from some local Republican groups as he criticized his opponent’s connections in Washington and introduced himself as the “auschwitz”. that could bring change to the Capitol. Now, a small businessman, Mr. Brown has won a Purple Heart after being seriously injured in Afghanistan and still bears the marks on his face. Mr. Laxalt, the grandson of Paul Laxalt, a former senator from the state, and the son of Pete Domenici, a former senator from New Mexico, has also embraced all the conspiracy theories known as substitution theory, telling supporters that the “left” wants to transform the country by allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally. Mr Laxalt has also been flirting with Latin American voters, who are expected to play a key role in the November election. Cortez Masto has already spent about $ 13.5 million on the race, according to AdImpact, which monitors advertising spending. She has covered radio waves with TV commercials in English and Spanish to highlight her work to help pandemic the state. The struggle also attracted large external costs. The Somos PAC, which focuses on Latin voters, has spent $ 2.8 million defending Cortez Masto, the first Latina to be elected to the Senate, and portraying Mr Laxalt as “not for us” in English and Spanish.
