Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Nevada Democrat, ensured her party will keep control of the Senate after she defeated Republican Adam Laxalt, the state’s former attorney general, on Saturday.
“It’s official: Democrats will maintain control of the U.S. Senate!” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., tweeted, thanking donors, volunteers and and voters. “You made this victory possible!”
Regaining the chamber was “a resounding endorsement of Democrats’ Senate majority,” said Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, chair of the Senate Democratic campaign arm, in a statement on Saturday. “These historic results in race after race speak for themselves, and they reflect the strength of our candidates, the popularity of Senate Democrats’ message to the American people, and a rejection of the extremism espoused by the GOP.”
