74°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
Nevada

Cortez Masto, Laxalt trade barbs over gas prices

Robert Herrera, left, from IBEW Local 396 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt ...
Robert Herrera, left, from IBEW Local 396 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his relationship with oil companies at the Nevada State AFL-CIO offices on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Henderson. (Steel Brooks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
FILE - Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources ...
FILE - Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Energy, May 5, 2022, in Washington. Many of the nation’s most vulnerable Democrats are actively trying to distance themselves from Washington, including Cortez Masto who is nearing the end of her first six-year term. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Tommy Blitsch from Teamsters Local 631 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and ...
Tommy Blitsch from Teamsters Local 631 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his relationship with oil companies at the Nevada State AFL-CIO offices on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Henderson. (Steel Brooks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tommy Blitsch from Teamsters Local 631 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and ...
Tommy Blitsch from Teamsters Local 631 speaks out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his relationship with oil companies at the Nevada State AFL-CIO offices on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Henderson. (Steel Brooks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Elizabeth Humphrey, from left, Kamalei Caseria, and Jovan Johnson, members of Southwest Regiona ...
Elizabeth Humphrey, from left, Kamalei Caseria, and Jovan Johnson, members of Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters Local 1977 at the Nevada State AFL-CIO offices to speak out against U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his relationship with oil companies on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Henderson. (Steel Brooks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
More Stories
Snow pushes winter sports season into May
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
What has voter participation looked liked in Nevada’s primaries in last 20 years?
Israel and Ukraine: Where Nevada GOP Senate candidates stand on foreign aid
U.S. Reps. Susie Lee, clockwise, from top left, Dina Titus and Steven Horsford, all Nevada Demo ...
Native and transplants: Where your federal representatives are from
By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 16, 2022 - 12:30 pm
 
Updated June 16, 2022 - 4:34 pm

Having won their respective primaries, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt, took aim at each other over high gas prices.

Workers gathered Thursday at the Nevada State AFL-CIO headquarters in Henderson to protest Laxalt’s work for a Washington law firm whose clients include oil companies like Shell Oil Co. and Chevron Corp.

In a press release from his campaign team, Laxalt said that Cortez Masto has contributed to the pain at the pump for Nevadans.

“Nevada’s gas prices have doubled on Senator Cortez Masto’s watch,” Laxalt said. “Her votes against exploration of our domestic energy resources have directly contributed to the unaffordable prices Nevadans are suffering through today.

Contact Paul Pearson at ppearson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @EditorPaulP on Twitter.

MOST READ
1
Taylor Swift returns to Las Vegas Strip; album rockets to No. 1
Taylor Swift returns to Las Vegas Strip; album rockets to No. 1
2
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Iran’s muscle flexing turns into the country’s nightmare
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Iran’s muscle flexing turns into the country’s nightmare
3
A closer look at all 8 players drafted by the Raiders
A closer look at all 8 players drafted by the Raiders
4
Tropicana was profitable right up until it closed, landowner says
Tropicana was profitable right up until it closed, landowner says
5
Fatal hit-and-run crash reported near 215 Beltway in Summerlin
Fatal hit-and-run crash reported near 215 Beltway in Summerlin
THE LATEST
(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Trump campaign mum on Nevada voter outreach efforts
By Jessica Hill / RJ

While the Biden campaign has opened multiple campaign offices in the Las Vegas Valley and held dozens of events, the Trump campaign declines to share its Nevada voter outreach strategy.