LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — She led the Nevada Senate during the 2023 Legislative session, carrying her newborn son as she fought Republicans in the final days before adjournment.
But Democrat Nicole Cannizzaro was dangerously close to losing the senate seat in the 2020 election, and Republicans are hoping Jill Douglass can take District 6 on Tuesday.
Douglass, a retired vice president of a financial company, emerged with a lopsided win in the Republican primary, defeating Joshua Stacy with 72% of the vote. Brad Barnhill (Independent American Party) is also on the ballot.
Cannizzaro defeated Republican April Becker in 2020 by a mere 631 votes. If Baker had won that race, Cannizzaro wouldn’t have been in the Nevada Senate leading the majority party.
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Now, Republicans are in danger of seeing Democrats establish a supermajority. On Tuesday, 10 of the 21 seats in the Nevada Senate are at stake. A supermajority would allow Democrats to override Gov. Joe Lombardo’s vetoes, and Lombardo vetoed a record 75 bills as Republicans’ last defense in 2023.