(7 Nov 2018) Democrat Jacky Rosen has defeated incumbent Republican Dean Heller in a hard-fought battle for a US Senate seat in Nevada, giving Democrats a key pickup in the chamber.
Rosen on Tuesday ousted Heller, who has been in office since he was appointed to fill a vacancy in 2011.
Heller was considered the most vulnerable Republican running for re-election to the US Senate this year as the only one seeking another term in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. He conceded earlier in the night.
Heller was once a critic of President Donald Trump, but the two have become allies. Rosen painted Heller as a rubber stamp for the president and counted on backlash to Trump to help her oust the incumbent.
Rosen's win puts Nevada with half a dozen other states represented by US senators who are both female. Nevada's other senator is Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.
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