Reno, NV (AP) - Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto raised $3.3 million the last three months of 2021 in her bid for re-election, more than twice as much as either of the leading candidates seeking the Republican nomination to try to unseat her.
Former GOP state Attorney General Adam Laxalt reported raising $1.35 million for the quarter and Republican U.S. Army veteran Sam Brown $1.06 million, their campaigns said Tuesday.
Cortez Masto finished the year with $10.4 million cash on hand, a record for a Senate candidate in Nevada, her campaign said.
The $3.3 million she raised the last three months of the year was also $1 million more than any previous Senate candidate during the respective quarter, her campaign said.
Cortez Masto won in 2016 by 2.4 percentage points. She’s expected to face a tough re-election campaign as Republicans try to flip her seat and give the GOP a majority in the evenly split chamber.
She now has raised about $17 million for the election cycle and spent about $7.5 million on expenses, including consulting, mail ads and polling. She spent $1.15 million during the last quarter and reported no loans and no debt at the end of the year.