Dear Joe: please take a strong look at Catherine Cortez Masto as your running mate [View all]

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Catherine Marie Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.

Cortez Masto graduated from University of Nevada, Reno and Gonzaga University School of Law. She worked four years as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and two years as a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., before being elected Nevada attorney general in 2006, replacing George Chanos. Reelected in 2010, she was not eligible to run for a third term in 2014 because of lifetime term limits established by the Constitution of Nevada.

Cortez Masto defeated Republican Joe Heck in the U.S. Senate election in Nevada to replace outgoing Democratic senator Harry Reid, becoming the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the Senate and the first Latina elected to serve in the Senate.[1] She took office on January 3, 2017, and became Nevada's senior senator when Dean Heller left office in January 2019.

Cortez Masto was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, the daughter of Joanna (née Musso) and Manny Cortez.[2] Her father was the longtime head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and served as a Clark County Commissioner and as an attorney for the County.[3] Manny Cortez, now deceased, and Harry Reid had a longstanding friendship.[4] Her father is of Mexican descent, and her mother is of Italian descent.[5][6] Her paternal grandfather, Eduardo Cortez, immigrated to Nevada from Chihuahua, Mexico.[7][8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto

She is a member of a loyal constituency that can no longer be overlooked.

Thank you in advance