Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is on the frontlines of Democrats’ attempts to defend the Senate and has the unwanted distinction of being considered the party’s most vulnerable incumbent.
President Biden’s lagging polling numbers, the state’s rapidly changing electorate and economic challenges spurred by the coronavirus and inflation have generated serious headwinds for Ms. Cortez Masto and fellow Democrats in Nevada.
“It is just a very perilous place to be,” said Jessica Taylor of the non-partisan Cook Political Report. “It is virtually unanimous among Democrat and Republican strategists … they think Cortez Masto is the most vulnerable Democratic senator, and that is ahead of Sen.