Catherine Court mast – Wikipedia

Catherine Cortez Masto (Las Vegas, March 29, 1964) He is an American lawyer and policy, the United States Democratic Senator for the state of Nevada since 2017 and Rieletta in 2022. ^[first] He was the 32nd prosecutor of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.

Born in Las Vegas, as a mother of Italian origin, Joanna Musso, and as a father of Mexican origin, Manny Cortez, ^[2] (The paternal grandfather, Eduardo Cortez, emigrated to Nevada da Chihuahua, Mexico), ^{[3] [4] [5]} Catherine Cortez Masto attended the E W. Clark High School and graduated in Finance from the University of Nevada-Reno in 1986 then obtaining a doctorate in law at the Gonzaga University School of Law in 1990.

Cortez Masto was admitted to the Nevada lawyer register in 1990, at the District Court of the United States, in the Nevada district in 1991 and the United States Court of Appeal for the ninth circuit in 1994. His career includes four years As a civil lawyer in Las Vegas and two as a criminal prosecutor for the United States Prosecutor’s Office in Washington. He also worked as head of the staff of the former Governor of Nevada Bob Miller.

In November 2003, Cortez Masto was appointed executive vice -changing of the Nevada System of Higher Education. There was some controversy, because it was taken directly by the rector, not by the regency of the university system; The chancellor said that the regents had recommended him to hire an assistant and in December the Council voted unanimously to approve his annual salary of 215,000 dollars.

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Cortez Masto was the Democratic candidate for the office of State General Prosecutor in 2006 by defeating the Republican candidate Don Chairez from 59% to 36%, with 5% of abstentions. It was re -elected in 2010, exceeding the Republican Travis Barrick from 52% to 36%, with 8% for the independent American candidate Joel F. Hansen and 4% of Asthenutti. Thus remaining in office for 8 years.

In 2009, Cortez Masto’s office launched an investigation on Brian Krolicki, the then Republican Deputy Governor of Nevada. Krolicki faced criminal accusations for having managed the Nevada College Savings Trust Fund badly when it was a state treasurer. During the investigation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal She discovered that Cortez Masto’s husband, Paul, had planned to host a fundraising party for Robert S. Randazzo, a democratic candidate for deputy governor, four days before the prosecutor’s office was scheduled to pursue Krolicki. Cortez Masto said he was not aware of the fundraising party. The accusations against Krolicki were finally rejected by the District Court of County Clark. The storage of the accusations against Krolicki was considered a political setback for Cortez Masto, who, according to the Las Vegas Sun , “He opened to the accusations of politicization of his office and a bad conduct of the accusation”.

In 2010, Cortez Masto’s office began to investigate Bank of America, accusing the credit institution of increasing interest rates on borrowers in difficulty. His office tried to put an end to Nevada’s participation in an agreement to modify the loan in order to sue the bank for marketing practices and deceptive loans. Bank of America has denied any offense. The cause was resolved in 2012 with 750 million dollars for reductions in privileges and revealed sales.

Cortez Masto defended the state of Nevada in the cause Sevcik v. Sandped . The cause contested the denial of the marriage between people of the same sex by Nevada, as forbidden by the Constitution and the statutory law of the State. After initially defending the prohibition of marriage between people of the same sex, Cortez Masto and the state abandoned the defense in the light of a sentence of the United States Court of Appeal for the ninth circuit.

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In 2015 he decided to apply for the Senate after the announcement of the retreat of the leader of the democratic senators Harry Reid. ^[6] Supported by most of the party, ^[7] It clearly wins the democratic primaries with more than 80% of the votes. In the elections of 8 November 2016 he faces the republican Joe Heck in one of the challenges considered most uncertain by the polls among all those of the Senate. Aided by the massive election campaign of Hillary Clinton in the state and the mobilization of the Hispanics against Donald Trump, he wins the elections with 47.1% of the votes against 44.7%, thus becoming the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the Senate. ^[8]

On February 24, 2021, Cortez Masto announced that he will apply for the re -election in 2022. ^[9] Among his challengers are his successor as a general prosecutor and appointed in 2018 for the position of governor Adam Laxalt. ^[ten]

Cortez Masto was participating in the certification of the counting of the votes of the Electoral College of the United States of 2021 when Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol of the United States. He was in the Senate room, preparing to speak, when there was the assault. While the attackers approached the classroom, she and her colleagues senators were moved to a safe place. ^[11] Cortez Masto tweeted calling the “unsuccessful and unacceptable” attack. ^[twelfth]

On February 24, 2021, Cortez Masto announced that he would apply for the re -election in 2022. ^[9] Among the challengers his successor as a general prosecutor and appointed in 2018 for the governor Adam Laxalt. ^[ten] On November 12, 2022, Cortez Masto defeated Laxalt, ensuring a second term. ^{[first] [13]}

She is married to Paul Masto, a former Secret Service agent ^[14] , since 2014.