Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) is projected to beat Republican Adam Laxalt in the race for the seat Masto holds after election officials in Nevada on Nov. 12 reported the latest results from vote counting.
The Associated Press, Decision Desk HQ, and other outlets called the race on Saturday following a tally update, which saw Laxalt’s lead of about 850 votes turn into a 5,000 vote lead for the incumbent.
“Thank you, Nevada!” Cortez Masto, 58, said in a statement.
Laxalt, 44, has not yet conceded. Earlier on Saturday, he said that for multiple days, ballots were breaking for Cortez Masto at higher margins than his team had calculated, which “has narrowed our victory window” and left the race up to the 20,000 to 30,000 ballots that were dropped off on election day in Clark County….