Heck, Cortez Masto trade jabs in feisty U.S. Senate debate
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Joe Heck faced off Friday night in what is likely to be not only their first but last U.S. Senate debate ahead the November election.
While Cortez Masto quickly spun questions back around to attack Heck, the Republican congressman nimbly dove deep into the nuances of policy positions and pressed the former Nevada attorney general for specifics. Both candidates proved their quick-footedness in the 60-minute debate, where they covered everything from immigration to the housing crisis in Nevada.
The debate, co-hosted by KLAS-TV and KINC-TV Univision, was aired live from Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas. KLAS anchor Denise Valdez, the station’s Politics Now host Steve Sebelius and KINC anchor Tsi-Tsi-Ki Felix moderated the debate.
Asked how they would work to get legislation passed in the U.S. Senate, both candidates pointed to how they had worked with the leader of the executive branch from the opposing party to get bills passed — Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval in Cortez Masto’s case and Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama in Heck’s.
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