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In Nevada, a potential Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights could upend a Senate battle

Dylan Wells
USA TODAY
  • Democrats hope that a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion will help them win the Senate seat.
  • The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List is targeting Nevada with a door knocking campaign next month.

Republicans and Democrats alike see Nevada's U.S. Senate race this year as pivotal to controlling the upper chamber of Congress, but a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion rights could upend the election and, Democrats hope, keep the seat blue.

Outrage over the potential loss of a constitutional right to an abortion could be particularly galvanizing for more liberal voters in Nevada, Democrats say, because the state has a long history of supporting reproductive rights.

But conservative groups are gearing up as well, saying that a national spotlight on abortion could help them retake that Senate spot from the incumbent, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto. Recent Suffolk University/Reno Gazette Journal polling shows Cortez Masto trailing both of her prospective GOP challengers. 

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