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Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Nevada · Nevada · Spectrum score -37

Senate ·

Catherine Cortez Masto is U.S. Senator, Nevada in Nevada. Political positions and ideology score -37 (Left). CCM is the first Latina senator, which cable likes, and a 2022 survivor, which operatives like.

College: University of Nevada, Reno, B.S. 1986 · Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D. 1990
Spouse: Paul Masto (m. 1991)
Children: None on the public record
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Nevada · 2017–
Attorney General · Nevada · 2007–2015
Assistant U.S. Attorney / prosecutor · 1990s–2000s

Net worth: $2.2M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: $6.8M
Years in office: 19

Where Catherine stands on the spectrum

Catherine Cortez Masto scores -37 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -37 · Left · economic -52 · social -42 · authoritarian -19

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

CCM is the first Latina senator, which cable likes, and a 2022 survivor, which operatives like. The file is a gaming-state Democrat whose donor list is unions and lawyers and whose next map is still a coin.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.2M

+450% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$400K

Now$2.2M

Nevada AG to Senate. Gaming-state prosecutor, not a casino owner. 2022 was a coin flip the DSCC still wakes up thinking about.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $6.8M
Cash on hand: $2.7M

Top industries

Unions
Lawyers
Small-dollar
Health

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Gaming-state prosecutor. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Conflicts

Gaming industry as the state’s air supply.
2022 margin as a warning label on every 2026 memo.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -42
Authoritarian: -19
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-32
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-16
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.26

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

Senate record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.