Nevadans vote in Senate primaries with competitive general election on horizon
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Washington — Nevadans are voting Tuesday in the Senate primaries as Republicans are set to nominate a candidate to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen come November, when the balance of the Senate will be up in the air.
Republicans haven't won a Senate race in the Silver State since 2012. And it's been even longer, since 2004, that a Republican presidential candidate has won Nevada. But Republicans flipped the governor's mansion in the last election, and recent polls have shown former President Donald Trump with a slight edge over President Biden, suggesting that the state's races could be seriously in play for the GOP.
Meanwhile, Democrats face steep odds of holding the majority in the Senate. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have a slim, 51-seat majority at present that they are fiercely working to defend. But this cycle poses major obstacles, with Democratic senators up for reelection in a handful of states that Trump won in 2020. And in another five states considered battleground states — like Nevada — Democrats' reelection isn't guaranteed.
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