WHAT NEVADA VOTERS ARE SEEING: Laxalt Family Endorses Sen. Cortez Masto

AP: “The Laxalt family joins a growing list of endorsers from across the aisle”
KSNV-NBC: “They called him a carpetbagger, saying he had ethical shortcomings, and served out of state donors over Nevadans”
Jezebel: “A pretty big embarrassment for Laxalt, but safe to say he’s probably used to that”

Nevada voters are reading and watching a wave of news coverage highlighting how “more than a dozen relatives of Republican candidate Adam Laxalt came out in support Wednesday of his Democratic rival, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto,” which is “a pretty big embarrassment for Laxalt” and marks “the second time that some of Laxalt’s family have endorsed his opponent.”

See for yourself:

• The Nevada Independent: Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race. “Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.”

• Reno Gazette Journal: More than a dozen Laxalt family members endorse Catherine Cortez Masto for Nevada Senate. “The family… praised his opponent for her ‘fierce loyalty to her home state,’ highlighting Cortez Masto’s opposition to taxing the state’s mining industry and her work in Congress to reduce the costs of prescription medications.”

• Associated Press: Members of Nevada senate candidate’s family endorse opponent. “The Laxalt family joins a growing list of endorsers from across the aisle, Cortez Masto spokesperson Sigalle Reshef said in a statement, citing law enforcement organizations and rural lawmakers who have endorsed the Democratic candidate.”

• KSNV-NBC (WATCH): Laxalt Family Endorses Sen. Cortez Masto. “They called him a carpetbagger, saying he had ethical shortcomings, and served out of state donors over Nevadans.”

• CW Las Vegas (WATCH): Laxalt Family Endorses Sen. Cortez Masto.“Those family members wrote a letter praising Cortez Masto, saying she’s always put Nevada first.”

• KOLO-ABC (WATCH): Laxalt Family Members Endorse Cortez Masto. “Fourteen members of Adam Laxalt’s family have formally endorsed his opponent for US Senate in a letter sent by those family members, they mentioned Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, marking the second time that some of Laxalt’s family have endorsed his opponent.”

• MSNBC — Alex Wagner Tonight (WATCH): Several Family Members of Adam Laxalt Support His Opponent. “Now, in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, today fourteen of Adam Laxalt relatives came out in support of his opponent.”

• The New York Times: Family of Republican Senate Candidate in Nevada Endorses His Opponent. “The Republican candidate, Adam Laxalt, built his political career on his family name. Some of his relatives are now hoping they can put an end to that career.”

• The Hill: Cortez Masto endorsed by 14 members of GOP rival Laxalt’s family. “‘Catherine is a model of the ‘Nevada grit’ that we so often use to describe our Nevada forefathers. Her entire career is not a simple ‘sound-bite’ that merely speaks of supporting Nevada,’ the family members wrote in the letter, shared by The Nevada Independent.“

• Fox Reno: Adam Laxalt’s relatives endorse Catherine Cortez Masto in heated Nevada Senate race. “Fourteen of Adam Laxalt’s relatives have endorsed his challenger Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto for one of Nevada’s US Senate seats.”

• KLAS: Adam Laxalt’s relatives endorse Cortez Masto in Nevada Senate race. “Today we, the undersigned members of the Laxalt family, are writing in support of the re-election of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto for the United States Senate. We believe that Catherine possesses a set of qualities that clearly speak of what we like to call “Nevada grit.’”

• Jezebel: GOP Senate Nominee Adam Laxalt’s Family Endorses His Democratic Opponent. “It’s a pretty big embarrassment for Laxalt, but safe to say he’s probably used to that by now. When he was Nevada’s Republican nominee for governor in 2018, 12 of his family members urged people not to vote for him. (He lost to Steve Sisolak by four points.) This time around, his family is taking an even bigger step in officially endorsing his opponent.”

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