Catherine Cortez Masto
Profile
Catherine Cortez Masto is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada, a position she has held since 2017. As the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, she previously served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused her legislative career on renewable energy, healthcare access, and gun control reform. Cortez Masto is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, and Gonzaga University School of Law, and she previously worked as a civil attorney and criminal prosecutor.
Details
- Born
- March 29, 1964 · 62 years old
- Birth place
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Education
- University of Nevada, Reno; Gonzaga University School of Law
- Career
- Civil attorney, criminal prosecutor, chief of staff to Governor Bob Miller, executive vice chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education
