What happens in Vegas … could control Washington
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The balance of power in Washington could come down to one or two states. In recent weeks, Republicans have set their sights on Nevada as their Senate candidates in other states, such as New Hampshire and Georgia, have stumbled.
It’s an uphill climb for Republicans, who haven’t won a Senate race in Nevada in a decade. They see inroads with Latino voters and workers in the tourism and hospitality industries who were hurt by Democratic policies during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. But Democrats say they’re holding the line with a brigade of union workers and Nevadans who are frustrated with skyrocketing housing prices.
National politics reporter Hannah Knowles spent some time in Las Vegas tracking the race between the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and hard-line conservative Adam Laxalt. She joined us on today’s “Post Reports” to tell us about what she learned from talking to voters in the Silver State.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't like Democratic Party and I don't like the Republican Party. |
| 0:06.8 | I think they both screwed things up for years. |
| 0:12.2 | Carla Pike is a former flight attendant living in Las Vegas. |
| 0:16.0 | Like a lot of people in Nevada, Carla still hasn't made up her mind about who she's voting |
| 0:20.6 | for in next month's midterms. |
| 0:22.8 | And she's feeling a little disconnected from the whole thing. |
| 0:26.3 | In terms of inflation, is there a party you trust more on that issue and on the economy? |
| 0:32.9 | I hate to admit it because I didn't care for them before, but the Republican things were |
| 0:36.9 | cheaper when the Republicans were in office, but I don't think they're the perfect thing |
| 0:41.4 | either. |
| 0:42.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.4 | And any independent party, they don't stand for chance. |
| 0:46.2 | Yes. |
| 0:47.2 | It seems like whoever's got the most money is the one that's going to win. |
| 0:52.0 | Hannah Knowles is a campaign's reporter for the post. |
| 0:54.8 | She was in Nevada talking to people just like Carla to understand what's at stake in the |
| 0:59.4 | state where every race seems to be neck and neck and neither party can hold a steady |
| 1:04.1 | lead. |
| 1:05.1 | Operatives on both sides have always known it was going to be really close and Republicans |
| 1:11.9 | hope they can flip the Senate seat there as well as seats up and down the ballot. |
| 1:15.7 | And they're eyeing the governor's race, a number of congressional seats as well that |
| 1:19.8 | are going to be close. |
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