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Election Deniers Are Biggest Losers: Nevada Senate and Secretary of State Races
- Republican Senate candidate fought to overturn 2020 results
- Secretary of state candidate said “cabal” fixes elections
A Washoe County employee shovels snow outside of a vote center in Reno on Nov. 8.
Photographer: Trevor Bexon/Getty Images
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Election deniers lost races in Nevada for the US Senate and the state’s top elections office, following similar blows in presidential battlegrounds.
Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Adam Laxalt, who called the 2020 election “rigged” and led former president Donald Trump’s legal efforts to overturn his loss in Nevada. He is all but certain to ask for a recount given how close the race was.