Swing-State Senate Democrat Announces Reelection Bid
Mary Lou Masters on April 5, 2023
Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen announced Wednesday she is running for a second term in 2024.
Rosen, who served as a member of Congress prior to her first term in the Senate, stressed bipartisanship in her announcement, saying she is working to solve America’s “big problems” like “lowering costs for the middle class, defending abortion rights, tackling the climate crisis [and] protecting Social Security and Medicare.” The senator has not yet drawn any Republican challengers, but will have to defend her seat in the highly contested swing-state.
“Nevada is always a battleground, and this Senate race will be one of the toughest in the country,” Rosen said in an announcement video. “What happens in Nevada in 2024 could once again decide control of the Senate.”
I ran for office to solve problems, fight for hardworking Nevada families, and make a real difference in people’s lives.
Our work in the U.S. Senate is just getting started — that’s why I’m officially launching my re-election campaign today! pic.twitter.com/rKv62KfqqQ
— Jacky Rosen (@RosenforNevada) April 5, 2023
Rosen, who previously was the president of a Jewish synagogue in the Las Vegas area, beat Republican incumbent Sen. Dean Heller in 2018. She sits on the Committee on Armed Services, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and serves as the chair of the Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade and Export Promotion.
Rosen’s highlighting of her bipartisan works comes as Democrats are likely to be vulnerable in 2024 Senate races. The senator teamed up with Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota last week to introduce a bill that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from designating money until maps were updated, according to The Associated Press.
Rosen addressed Nevada’s Legislature Monday, commending the state’s female-held majority in the Senate, as well as boasting about her bipartisan efforts in office like working on STEM education, health, tourism and funding rural communities, the AP reported.
“And so much of our work, my work, was bipartisan,” Rosen said.
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