Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Catherine Cortez Masto

Official portrait of Catherine Cortez Masto
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Nevada (class 3)
Leadership
Senate Democratic Outreach Vice Chair
Party
Democrat
Born
1964
In Congress
Senate since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Map of Nevada with the whole state highlighted

Nevada

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · NevadaIncumbentWon the general election (48.81%)

FEC candidate ID S6NV00200 · Principal campaign committee: CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Nevada$2,625,969.90Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Nevada$60,613,860.94Won the general election (48.81%)
Total raised$60,613,860.94
Total spent$60,637,548.91
Cash on hand$3,001,181.98
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $55,543,614.55PACs and other committees: $3,053,934.49Party committees: $56,200.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,973,157.20
  • Individual contributions$55,543,614.5592%
  • PACs and other committees$3,053,934.495%
  • Party committees$56,200.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,973,157.203%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

656 committees reported giving $3,087,920.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Catherine Cortez Masto$19,959,156.01
  • Independent expenditures opposing Catherine Cortez Masto$51,327,040.68
  • Company and union communications to members about Catherine Cortez Masto$698,580.22

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Nevada U.S. Senate, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Catherine Cortez Masto (D)$60,613,860.94$3,001,181.982022-12-31
Adam Laxalt (R)$19,108,847.34$504,756.702022-12-31
William Eric Hockstedler (R)$135,049.69$11,077.552022-12-31
Sharelle Mendenhall (R)$90,076.92$0.002022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Catherine Cortez Masto 45.4% · Adam Laxalt 48.3% (Laxalt +2.9). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270towin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Trafalgar Group (R)November 5–7, 20221,089 (LV)± 2.9%Catherine Cortez Masto 45% · Adam Laxalt 50%
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%Catherine Cortez Masto 46% · Adam Laxalt 47%
Data for Progress (D)November 2–6, 20221,100 (LV)± 3.0%Catherine Cortez Masto 47% · Adam Laxalt 49%
InsiderAdvantage (R)November 4, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%Catherine Cortez Masto 44% · Adam Laxalt 50%
KAConsulting (R)November 2–3, 2022501 (LV)± 4.4%Catherine Cortez Masto 45% · Adam Laxalt 44%
Cygnal (R)November 1–2, 2022600 (LV)–Catherine Cortez Masto 43% · Adam Laxalt 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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