ICYMI: Politico – Laxalt Take The Lead, New NVSEN Ads & Poll

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Politico’s Natalie Allison published an exclusive report on new Club for Growth Action Spanish and English television advertisements as well as new Club for Growth PAC polling that shows Laxalt has taken the lead in the race. The new ads highlight Sen. Cortez Masto’s vote to send over one million prisoners COVID stimulus checks. The polling memo includes three different polls showing Laxalt came from a three point deficit in mid-September to currently leading the race.

“Democrats across the country are vulnerable on crime and the economy, and our polling shows that Sen. Cortez Masto’s record is particularly problematic for Nevada voters on both issues. Meanwhile, Adam Laxalt is running a great campaign, and has the policies to get our economy back on track as well as stop the rapidly escalating crime.” – David McIntosh, Club for Growth Action President

Click here to watch the English language ad, “Inmates”

Click here to watch the Spanish language ad, “Presos”

Click here to read the polling memo.

Click here to read the article in Politico

Club for Growth Action has spent more than $2.5 million reaching Hispanic voters in the Nevada Senate race and the group has spent around $12.5 million in the general election.

Politico Excerpts

A bad sign for Democrats in critical Nevada Senate race

Politico, Natalie Allison

Laxalt has inched ahead of Cortez Masto by 2 percentage points, within the poll’s margin of error, a gain from a month ago when he was down 3 percentage points, according to a poll conducted this week by the conservative Club for Growth [Action] and shared exclusively with POLITICO.

The bump for Laxalt represents a swing toward Republicans as concerns about the economy loom large in contrast with a Democratic summer boost in momentum over abortion rights. Independent voters appear to be breaking with the GOP as the Nov. 8 election nears.

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“Democrats across the country are vulnerable on crime and the economy, and our polling shows that Sen. Cortez Masto’s record is particularly problematic for Nevada voters on both issues,” said David McIntosh, president of the Club for Growth [Action], in a statement to POLITICO.

Cortez Masto and Laxalt have each touted support from separate law enforcement associations. A new ad Club for Growth [Action] is releasing Friday spotlights felony inmates who received pandemic stimulus checks from the federal government, including men convicted of murder, sex trafficking and child pornography. The ad will also run in Spanish, part of the Club’s $2.5 million to target Hispanic voters. The ad describes Cortez Masto as the “deciding vote” to approve the checks; however, pandemic relief payments approved under Trump also allowed inmates to receive checks.