Cortez Masto and Laxalt neck and neck in Nevada Senate race — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll
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Another battleground state, another toss-up contest. In one of Republicans' best pick-up opportunities, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are neck and neck. It's a nationalized race where voters are aware of the stakes: eight in 10 of each candidate's supporters see their vote as helping their party win Senate control.
Cortez Masto is facing some of the same economic headwinds as other Democratic candidates around the country. Most Nevada voters say the state's economy is in bad shape, and she's trailing among voters hurt the most by inflation and gas prices.
As an incumbent, Cortez Masto's record offers her no clear advantage among voters here: they divide on whether the policies she's supported have done more to help or hurt Nevada. Most independents don't think they've helped, and they are backing Laxalt.
