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Catherine Cortez Masto

U.S. Senator (Class 3), NV

Democratic Nevada since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NV current
Nevada
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NV
Nevada
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Nevada
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.347, social dim. 0.347. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Nay Nov 7, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Nov 6, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Nay Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Nay Nov 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Nay Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Nay Nov 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 4, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Nay Nov 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Nay Oct 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Yea Oct 29, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Nay Oct 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. Yea Oct 28, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Nay Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Nay Oct 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Nay Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,013 recorded contributions totalling $1,437,420. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 124 of 1013 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 82 $241,372 17%
Corporate PAC 28 $220,852 15%
Super PAC 13 $29,030 2%
Party 1 $16,832 1%
Unclassified 889 $929,334 65%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$35,786 ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,516 GRASSROOTS MEDIA CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE unclassified Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$18,357 GRASSROOTS MEDIA CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE unclassified Aug 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$18,000 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$16,832 CORTEZ MASTO VICTORY 2022 CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Party Jan 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,000 UNIDOSUS ACTION PAC Super PAC Nov 5, 2022 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$14,066 RWT PRODUCTION CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 3, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,048 MESSAGE DIGITAL LLC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Feb 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,181 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,151 JDCA PAC Super PAC Oct 10, 2022 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$9,557 MESSAGE DIGITAL LLC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,153 NAMES IN THE NEWS CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE unclassified Jul 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$7,714 ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,676 ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 15, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,735 MESSAGE DIGITAL LLC CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Apr 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (9 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • Donald Trump needs to be focused on lowering costs.
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  • Gas prices, housing, energy, groceries - Nevadans can see costs soaring all around us, and we need the President focused on bringing those prices back down. Instead, he’s making it worse.
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  • Juan Orlando Hernández is a drug trafficking criminal who raked in millions helping El Chapo smuggle drugs into the United States. That’s the man Trump pardoned. (1/2)
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  • Trump pardoned a drug trafficking criminal.
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  • Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is a convicted drug trafficker who helped smuggle cocaine into the United States and took bribes from El Chapo. Donald Trump gave him a pardon. (1/2)
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  • In Nevada, we’ve felt the impact of presidential overreach and government red tape that’s held up key solar energy projects – and thousands of jobs with them. I believe that we need an all-of-the-above approach to energy, not the President picking winners and losers. (1/2)
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  • Think about what you could do with an extra $2,900. That’s what President Trump is taking from Americans by driving up costs with his reckless tariffs and war of choice.
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  • Trump lied again. Taxpayers are footing the bill for his ridiculous golden ballroom while working Americans lose their health care because of his policies.
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  • New report: Taxpayers are footing the bill for Trump's ballroom
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  • All that Dreamers are asking for is the same freedoms and opportunities that our Founding Fathers envisioned for this country 250 years ago. America was founded as a nation of immigrants. It is who we are and what makes our country great, and we can never lose sight of that.
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  • America is a nation of immigrants, we cannot lose sight of that.
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  • Right now, U.S. Marshals are restricted from helping Tribal law enforcement find and arrest fugitives and help search for missing children. I just passed a bill in the Senate to change that.
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