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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:07 AM Nov 9

Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat

Source: AP

Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state.

The first-term senator campaigned on abortion rights and positioned herself as a nonideological politician, a formula that also worked for the state’s senior senator, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, in her own reelection bid two years ago.

“Thank you, Nevada! I’m honored and grateful to continue serving as your United States Senator,” Rosen said Friday on the social platform X.

Brown, a retired Army captain who moved to Nevada from Texas in 2018 and has never held elected office, unsuccessfully tried to ride President-elect Donald Trump’s strong showing in the working-class state, which Trump won.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/nevada-senate-election-race-2024-f6646cfc6bdfb00d78897322cd25ae44

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