LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Democratic Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen and her opponent, Republican Sam Brown, both believe their final message to voters will win them a seat in the U.S. Senate — voters have until Election Day to decide.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Early voting in Clark County ends Friday. All mail-in ballots must be mailed by Election Day to count.
Recent polling shows Brown and Rosen in a tightening race for the Senate seat, which could determine which party controls the chamber.
During campaign events on Tuesday and Wednesday, both candidates focused on families, seniors and the cost of living.
Rosen received the endorsement Wednesday from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
“Everything we’ve fought for, everything we’ve voted for, everything is on the line — everything’s at stake,” Rosen said about the election. During the event, Rosen highlighted how the Affordable Care Act protects against pre-existing conditions and has led tens of millions of Americans to have access to health care. Rosen said Brown would vote to repeal it.
“When you take that away, and Donald Trump himself says, ‘I have a concept of a plan,’ they don’t even have a plan. I wouldn’t ask anyone about their health condition, but can you imagine if something would happen to you and for the rest of your life you are branded: denied, denied, denied?” Rosen said.
Brown campaigned Tuesday alongside Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The committee, alongside the Republican National Committee, is pouring millions in the final weeks of the race.
“People are entrusting me to be a good steward for American lives, American resources — their families,” Brown said. “That’s something that’s extremely humbling to me.”
Both campaigns are focusing their final messages on the economy and seniors. Rosen is highlighting record job growth and cooling inflation under the Biden-Harris administration. She also attributes higher costs of living to corporate greed. Brown, in contrast, lists government spending as a reason for higher costs.
“When we are spending $1,200 a month more now than we were four years ago, on just the essentials, that’s shameful,” Brown said. “When I talk to seniors who have to go back and get a job just to make ends meet, that’s shameful.”
Both candidates said their vision for Nevada would be better.
“People feel like the American dream is slipping away,” Brown said. “If my background and my leadership and the things that I would want to lead on and propose to give someone that sense of hope, then I’d say we’d need more of that in politics.”
“Do we want to invest in our kids or do we want to eliminate the Department of Education?” Rosen said. “Do we want to be sure that we have clean air or clean water or do we want to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency? Do we want to be sure our parents and grandparents are being taken care of or do we want to get rid of Social Security and Medicare?”
An Emerson College Polling/8 News Now/The Hill poll released on Oct. 9 — before Brown and Rosen had their only debate — showed 50.4% of voters supported Rosen compared to 41.7% who said they supported Brown. A CNN/SRSS poll released Tuesday shows Rosen nine points ahead of Brown.
