‘Just Shocking’: Inflation Buoys GOP’s Hopes to Flip Senate Seat
Crowds are returning to Las Vegas, but Nevada residents struggling with rising prices
Tourists have once again returned in large numbers to Las Vegas.
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The Las Vegas Strip is again teeming with tourists, its casinos are minting billions and more people than ever are now working in Nevada. But soaring housing costs and gasoline prices have handed Republicans an opportunity to flip a US Senate seat and reverse years of Democratic gains in the state.
Many Nevada voters say that inflation has soured them on President Joe Biden, a distaste that threatens the re-election prospects of a fellow Democrat, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, in her race against Republican Adam Laxalt.