(The Center Square) – The Nevada U.S. Senate race has flipped as of Thursday evening with Democratic Incumbent Jacky Rosen leading by just one point with 47.65% of the vote and 91% of precincts reporting.
This is a shift from Wednesday afternoon when Rosen’s Republican opponent Sam Brown was leading by almost 4,000 votes. However, the race is still too close to call. Republicans have already claimed the Senate majority, but if Brown pulls through this election, it would give the GOP 54 seats to Democrats’ 44.
Rosen has worked to pass a law that caps the price of insulin at $35 per month for seniors, co-authoring the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, leading the effort to secure $3 billion for the high-speed rail project from Las Vegas to Southern California and securing $500 million for Nevada to create more affordable housing options.
When it comes to reproductive freedom, Rosen has introduced the Women’s Health Protection Act which would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law.
For Southern border legislation, Rosen has voted to deliver billions of dollars in resources to improve border security and help pass bipartisan laws to stop the flow of fentanyl. She also worked to create and said that she plans to vote into law the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act which failed in the Senate after Trump spoke out against it. The $118 billion bill would have expanded detention facilities and hired more border control agents, asylum officers and immigration judges.
Brown has not held a political office before, but identifies as a veteran, businessman, husband and father. He is a Purple Heart recipient and survived a bomb detonation in Afghanistan. His website said that “during the process of recovery, Brown recognized that God had given him a new life. A life that was intended to be dedicated to the service of God and Country,” reads his campaign website.
Brown’s priorities include increasing veteran services, lowering inflation, securing the border and protecting the Second Amendment.
Nevada and Arizona are the only uncalled U.S. Senate races as of Thursday evening.
