CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is calling for the Federal Election Commission to change its rules, which now allow illegal contributions to be refunded.

There weren't enough uncounted votes in Republican-leaning areas for Republican challenger Herschel Walker to make up his runoff election night gap with incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden.

Sunny Hostin suggested on Wednesday during "The View" that Latino voters fall for Republican "fear tactics" during an interview with actor John Leguizamo.

Why did Nevada's Steve Sisolak become the only incumbent Democratic governor to lose his seat? Some Democrats blame party infighting.

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin claimed on Wednesday that Latinos were "triggered" by Republican fear tactics on communism and socialism during the midterm elections.

Republicans have won control of the U.S. House.

She positioned herself as a champion of working-class voters, courting organized labor and the Latino community.

The party has 215 seats, according to The Washington Post’s unofficial count, but 218 are needed to gain control. Ballot counting continues in several districts.

Senate candidate Adam Laxalt conceded to Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto via a statement on Twitter Tuesday morning, a week after the midterm election.

The Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada is conceding that he lost the election and won’t contest the result.

The Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada conceded on Tuesday that he lost, issuing statements saying that he won’t contest the result but calling mail-in balloting a “tactic” that tilted the balance. “I am confident that any challenge of this election would not alter the ultimate outcome,” GOP candidate Adam Laxalt said in a tweet that campaign adviser Robert Uithoven confirmed was authentic. Laxalt, who had the vocal endorsement of former President Donald Trump, called Cortez Masto to congratulate her on her victory, Cortez Masto campaign aide Sigalle Reshef confirmed.

Senate Republicans are mulling who will lead them into 2024, amid their disappointing midterm elections.

With the Democrat doing well in the cities and the Republican running strong in rural areas, the Senate race in Nevada came down to a battle for the suburbs.

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.

Democrats retained control of the Senate after Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in an exceptionally close race. The senator reflects on the lessons from her race for her party.

The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there.

With control of the House still hanging in the balance, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is staying mum on her future plans.

Republicans despair as Democrats retain control of the Senate despite the polarized political climate.

The election results ensured Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell will stay Senate minority (instead of majority) leader. Here's how that affects his power.

The midterms saw Democrats outperform expectations, and highlighted the fissure between the establishment and MAGA wings of the Republican Party.

Democrats will retain control of the U.S. Senate after incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada defeated Republican Adam Laxalt.

There will be only four weeks before the Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate.

Democrats now hold a 50-49 edge in the Senate.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory Saturday evening clinched Senate control for the Democrats four days after Election Day.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said after the midterms he believed the old ways of his party are 'dead' and that Republicans going forward should rebrand into 'something new.'

Republicans' wait for a majority in the U.S. House dragged into another day Tuesday.

"The bigger lesson is that the Trumpfunk was all over them,” Rick Wilson quipped.

A batch of votes from the Las Vegas area gave Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto a 5,000-vote lead late Saturday that The Associated Press determined she would not relinquish.

A batch of newly counted ballots from the Las Vegas area effectively handed Democrats control of the Senate late Saturday by tilting the Nevada race in favor of incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.

The Democratic incumbent has been elected to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate.

Democrats will maintain control of the Senate in the next term after it was declared that Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has won her reelection campaign.

The final blow to the GOP’s majority ambitions came Saturday in Nevada, when Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was projected to win.

The chamber was decided Saturday evening after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican nominee Adam Laxalt. That gives Democrats 50 seats.

Democrats will keep control of the Senate, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden's agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate.

Democrats will keep razor-thin control of the Senate after incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Republican Adam Laxalt to win a second term representing Nevada.

The projected win in Nevada means that Democrats will retain control of the Senate, regardless of the outcome of the Georgia runoff.

The GOP failed to dislodge the Democratic majority in the Senate, making President Joe Biden’s life a little easier next year.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, retained her Senate seat after beating Republican Adam Laxalt.

If Democratic Sen. Cortez Masto wins, Democrats would maintain their control of the Senate given Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote.

Election officials in Clark County, Nevada, announced they are counting 22,000 mail-in ballots that could decide the outcome in the tight Senate race.

The state allows ballots with defects to be “cured” after they have been cast. With tight races at stake, the hunt is on to track down voters and make the fixes.

A win in Nevada would give Democrats a 50th Senate seat and allow them to retain control in the chamber, while a Republican victory would mean control would hinge on the outcome of the Georgia runoff election.

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has won election to a second term representing Nevada, defeating Republican Adam Laxalt to clinch the party’s control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Adam Laxalt, the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, said on Saturday that his “victory window” has narrowed, as recent ballot releases have continued to break in favor of incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.). Laxalt is leading by just over 850 votes as of Saturday morning, after initially taking an assertive lead over Cortez…

Nevada Democrat U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is inching closer to Republican Adam Laxalt's lead after more ballot results were counted Friday night.

Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead in the Nevada Senate race against incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) narrowed to less than 800 votes on Friday night as party control of the upper chamber still hangs in the balance. Cortez Masto is trailing Laxalt by just 0.1 percent, with only about 7 percent of the vote left…

Incumbent Democrats in Nevada have swept three key swing seats in the western battleground state that Republicans had targeted in their bid to take control of the U.S. House.

Nevada's largest county still had more than 50,000 mail ballots to count Friday as several races, including the Senate and governor, hang in the balance.

With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Nevada’s protracted ballot count is grinding through a fourth day.

The Nevada Senate race has continued to tighten in the days since the Nov. 8 election, with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) narrowing Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead late Thursday night. At the time of writing, the incumbent senator trails Laxalt by just under 9,000 votes, giving him just a 1-point lead over her at 49…

All eyes are on Arizona, Nevad and Georgia, where Democratic incumbents need to win at least two of those states to retain power.

Vote counting in Nevada’s closely watched races for Senate and House, as well as governor, looked to spill into the weekend, with control of Congress still to be determined.

Both Republicans and Democrats were correct about the issues that motivated close to half of Nevada’s deeply divided electorate as they cast their ballots.

If Tuesday’s vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest.

In Nevada, Democratic incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is in a tight race against Rpublican challenger Adam Laxalt. Election officials say there are still thousands of mail in ballots to be counted and it could take days to complete. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez joins "Red and Blue" from Las Vegas with the latest.

Breaking down the remaining races, and when we might know.

Results are still rolling in in Nevada’s senate race, with Republican Adam Laxalt currently leading incumbent Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. NBC's Jacob Soboroff reports for TODAY from Las Vegas.

Democrats in tight Nevada races are hoping the door-knocking army of the Culinary Union can still deliver the state for them.

Hollywood stars are urging their followers to get out and vote in the midterm elections. Kerry Washington, Selena Gomez and Rob Schneider have shared their endorsements on social media.

All 50 states are hosting midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals across the nation.

Democratic candidates in next week's midterms are being mocked for videos posted on TikTok and other social media, with one user asking, "Why do they keep doing this?"

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live" host tweeted video of himself endorsing Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, calling her the "sane" choice.

Early voting has made up over half of the total vote in Nevada's elections since 2014, and current numbers suggest that Democrats could be in trouble.

Candidates in Nevada races are encouraging Hispanic people to vote, and political experts say they could be the deciding factor on which party takes control of Congress.

Several Democratic Senate candidates took thousands in donations in September from a registered lobbyist for Huawei, a Chinese Communist Party-tied technology company.

Many Republican candidates are seeking to capitalize on Americans’ precarious financial situations heading into next week’s midterm elections to vilify a key component of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda: electric vehicles.

Two weeks of early voting started Saturday in Nevada, one of the most competitive states in this year’s midterm elections.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in a Nevada race the national GOP considers one of its best opportunities to turn a blue Senate seat red.

It’s been eight years since Harry Reid led the U.S. Senate, but if his Democratic Party can manage to keep its tenuous control of the chamber this year, he may be the man responsible.

Two of Nevada’s four U.S. House races will be in the swing-seat spotlight Nov. 8 as Democratic incumbents Susie Lee and Steven Horsford seek reelection in the western battleground state.

Less than a month before Election Day, 14 members of Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt’s family are endorsing his opponent, Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.

Democrats predicted abortion would be Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s saving grace.

A dramatic family fight has clouded the GOP’s hopes in Georgia’s high-stakes Senate contest.

Republican Adam Laxalt is trying to capitalize on his military experience and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's lack of it as he tries to turn a red seat blue in the swing state of Nevada.

Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban.

President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation offers a life-changing financial break for millions of Americans.

At the 7th annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville, a lineup of GOP national heavyweights and local Nevada politicians fired up a crowd of 1,500 Republicans with a message of urgency.

Federal officials announced plans Thursday to spend $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in 11 West and Central U.S. states.

Many of the nation’s most vulnerable Democrats are actively trying to distance themselves from Washington — and their party — as the midterm season enters its next phase.

Primary voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of two South Carolina Republicans who are clinging to their seats in the U.S. House after defying Donald Trump.

Republican candidates who have have made false or misleading claims about voting are running in Tuesday's primary to become the top election official in Nevada, a perennial presidential battleground state.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

Republicans are pushing an anti-Big Tech message in the midterm campaigns as they look to tap into the resentment toward large technology companies that increasingly courses through their party.

The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to do more than just put a bandage on a crisis that she says has been decades in the making.

For decades, Democrats have tried to motivate their voters by warning of the conservative fight to outlaw abortion.

President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles.

Republicans have blocked a Democratic attempt to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise that is just a day old.

Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.

Word of Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement may be lifting Democratic hopes ahead of midterm elections.

Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died at home in Henderson, Nevada.

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has died.

U.S. and Nevada are mourning former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who died Tuesday at 82.

Vulnerable Democrats from Nevada to New Hampshire are promising to make abortion a centerpiece of their political strategy heading into the midterm elections.

Republican Adam Laxalt hopes to win the race for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat by drawing stark contrast between his positions and the direction he says Democrats and their allies in Big Tech, Hollywood and the media are taking the country.

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton told a crowd of about 4,000 Nevada Republicans that Adam Laxalt plans to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.

Cities in the U.S. West are preparing for considerable growth in the coming decades despite a historic drought and shrinking water supplies.