Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) defeated challenger Sam Brown, winning a second term to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate, the Nevada Independent reports.

“Republicans are making a last-ditch effort to flip Nevada’s Senate seat, optimistic that a strong performance from former President Donald Trump in the state could boost Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown,” NBC News reports.

“Senate Leadership Fund, the main GOP super PAC involved in Senate races, is planning to spend $6.2 million on TV, radio and digital ads in Nevada.”

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) seeking re-election to her seat for the first time, is pulling ahead of her Republican challenger, Sam Brown, in a race that was once considered a feasible pickup for the GOP, according to several polls released this week,” the New York Times reports.

“New polling from the Cook Political Report and the bipartisan team of BSG and GS Strategy Group, released Thursday morning, showed Ms. Rosen ahead of Mr. Brown by a wide margin. The race, once viewed as a tossup in Cook’s ratings, is now leaning toward the Democratic candidate.”

“Army veteran Sam Brown won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, giving national Republicans their preferred choice for GOP nominee in a marquee race that could determine control of the upper chamber,” the Nevada Independent reports.

“He will face Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a one-term incumbent who easily won her primary Tuesday, in a race that political analysts project as a toss-up. With Democrats sure to lose retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) seat and defending a whopping seven seats in red or swing states this cycle, a loss in Nevada would all but guarantee a Republican majority in the Senate.”

NBC News: Trump “scooped” the Nevada GOP Senate nominee on proposing to get rid of taxes on tips.

Jeff Gunter, who is running against Sam Brown for the GOP nomination in Nevada to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen, is going to war with the NRSC following Donald Trump’s endorsement of Brown, Politico reports.

“Donald Trump on Sunday said he was endorsing Sam Brown, the Army veteran who is leading the crowded Republican primary field in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race,” the New York Times reports.

“The endorsement, though belated — the primary is on June 11 and early voting has already ended — solidifies Mr. Brown’s standing as the front-runner and heavy favorite to advance to November’s general election against Senator Jacky Rosen, the Democratic incumbent. He has raised more money than his primary rivals, received the endorsement of the state’s Republican governor, Joe Lombardo, and led by double-digits in every recent poll of the race, though most were commissioned by his own campaign.”

Los Angeles Times: “Yucca Mountain is a third rail in Nevada politics… which makes comments by Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown about Yucca Mountain so remarkable. In recent years, Brown supported opening the facility, calling the failure to do so an ‘incredible loss of revenue for our state.’”

“Asked about the comments now, Brown did not reiterate his support but said he favors increased efforts to diversify the state’s economy without sacrificing safety.”

CNN: “Sen. Steve Daines, NRSC chairman, recruited Sam Brown, a retired Army captain who was severely burned by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, to run in November. Brown met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort last week to seek his endorsement.”

“Brown has drawn the ire of many of Trump’s staunchest supporters, who instead are privately encouraging the former president to back Dr. Jeffrey Gunter, his former ambassador to Iceland.”

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) raised $5 million in the first quarter of 2024, the largest sum of any Nevada Senate candidate thus far, the Nevada Independent reports.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) “is reserving an eye-popping $14 million in fall ads for her reelection bid, an early move to shore up her standing in what will be one of the nation’s toughest battlegrounds,” Politico reports.

“The first-term Democrat’s big ad buy will start in late July and run through the election, meaning she will be on air to the tune of roughly $1 million a week on average during the campaign’s final stretch. She also released her first ads of the cycle this week.”

Cook Political Report: “Democrats face an incredibly challenging 2024 Senate map that has them almost entirely on defense. While our three Toss Up races have remained constant and fairly obvious for some months now — Ohio, Montana and Arizona — we have mulled over whether any of the other competitive contests in the Lean Democrat column deserve a more vulnerable rating.”

“It’s quite possible all four could eventually move into the Toss Up column, reflecting even more peril for Senate Democrats. But as we look at the most recent polling numbers and trends in the presidential race, we now believe it is time for another Democrat to join the Toss Up ranks: Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen.”

Las Vegas Sun: “A recently filed amended financial disclosure report from Sam Brown (R) now includes his involvement with a pro-life nonprofit.”

“But the candidate now finds himself the focus of a complaint over use of funds from a political action committee he formed in 2022.”

“Republican Senate hopeful Jeffrey Gunter is learning a painful lesson: What happens in Reykjavik doesn’t always stay in Reykjavik,” Politico reports.

“Gunter is touting his 18-month tenure as former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Iceland in his Nevada primary bid. But his stint abroad also earned him plenty of enemies who don’t want to see a Senator Gunter. That points to a tough road ahead as he seeks the GOP nomination to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in a state where the party hasn’t won a Senate race in 11 years.”

“National Republicans were wary of Gunter’s candidacy to begin with and warned him not to enter the Senate primary… Among their reasons for trying to dissuade Gunter: his apparent lack of a voting record in Nevada and his Democratic voting registration in California.”

Jeff Gunter, a Republican donor and the Trump-appointed former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, has announced a bid to be the next U.S. senator for the state of Nevada, the Washington Post reports.