Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen Holds Onto Her Nevada Senate Seat

membership ticker

Right now is no time to come up short.

It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where the Big Lie is called a Big Lie, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we urgently need to raise about 400,000 by Thursday, June 30, to finish our fiscal year on track and give it everything we possibly can. Please help us get there with a donation if you can right now.

$1,150,000

$1,350,000

Right now is no time to come up short. It's time to fight like hell for a democracy where minority rule cannot impose an extreme and cruel agenda, where facts matter, and where accountability at the polls and in the press has a fighting chance. We have our work cut out for us, and we still need to raise upwards of 400,000 by June 30 to give it everything we can. Please help:

MediaPunch/INSTARimages/AP

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.

Jacky Rosen, Nevada’s incumbent Democratic senator, has won reelection in the battleground state, defeating Republican Sam Brown.

Though Republicans haven’t won a Nevada Senate seat in a dozen years and Rosen had a considerable cash advantage, the race was unexpectedly tight, emblematic of the rightward shift in Nevada and across the country. Trump won Nevada on Friday.

Rosen, a former synagogue president and computer programmer, campaigned as an “independent voice” who isn’t beholden to “party leaders.” She also promoted her support of abortion rights, bombarding the airwaves with previous comments that Brown made opposing abortion. (Brown has said he is against federal funding for the procedure, but supports Nevada’s current law protecting abortion rights.) Rosen was a political newcomer when she was asked by longtime Nevada Senate majority leader Harry Reid to run as in 2016.

Brown, a retired Army captain who moved from Texas to Nevada in 2018, has never held elected office. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his tour in Afghanistan, where he was nearly killed by a roadside bomb. In ads, he repeatedly mentioned that his face remains scarred from the attack. After his tour, he founded a company that provides medications to veterans.

“Thank you, Nevada!,” Rosen posted on X. “I’m honored and grateful to continue serving as your United States Senator.”