2024 Nevada US Senate Voters Guide
Sam Brown (R) vs Jacky Rosen (D)
The Candidates
Legal. Supports “a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions” and “will fight to expand women’s rights.” Voted to protect abortion rights for women and providers. Opposes “partisan efforts to defund” Planned Parenthood.
No. Opposes Biden administration’s stricter emission standards for heavy duty vehicles. “We’ve… been plagued by politicians pushing extreme left energy agendas, like the Green New Deal, that raise prices and destroy jobs.”
Yes. “The climate crisis has very real impacts in Nevada.… We must keep taking action to protect our planet.” Voted for “the biggest investment in combating climate change.” Supports “clean energy.”
Supports “Nevada’s law enforcement agencies.” Secured funding for police agencies and victim services. Sponsored Justice in Policing Act “because we must take action to address systemic racism.”
Decrease. “Congress has mortgaged America’s future.” Proposed eliminating federal agencies with “a state counterpart,” such as Depts of Education and Transportation. Opposed the 2021 infrastructure law. In 2022 proposed “painful” federal spending cuts.
Increase. Supports increasing federal funds for affordable housing. Voted to increase investment in semiconductor chip manufacturing in the US. Voted for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law. Would “build an economy that levels the playing field for workers and small businesses.”
Yes. “Families deserve the power to make their own choices.” Critical race theory will “poison our children’s minds.” Focus “on educating, not indoctrinating.”
No. Introduced a bill expanding African American history programs at schools. “One step toward dismantling systemic racism is through education.”
Mixed. In 2020, said Democrat-led legislatures “rammed through new laws that put ballots and election security at risk…. Every fraudulent vote cancels out a real vote.” In 2021, said “Joe Biden is our president.”
Yes. “In the face of violence, democracy prevailed.” The election “was fair, safe, and secure.”
Mostly loosen. Criticizes EPA tailpipe emission rules supporting electric vehicle production. Supported establishing a nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain in 2022, calling it a “great source of revenue,” but changed stance in 2024. Supports “forest maintenance.”
Tighten. “I’m committed to protecting our planet.” Wants to protect Lake Tahoe “for generations to come.” Called the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting federal agencies’ regulatory authority “outrageous.”
Loosen. “I will always fight to protect the Second Amendment.” Calls red flag laws “an attack on people’s rights.” Challenges the idea of “commonsense gun control;” such laws attempt “to take our Constitutionally protected rights away.”
Tighten. Supports “commonsense gun safety measures.” Voted to enhance background checks for minors and implement red flag laws. Sponsored bills banning bump stocks and assault weapons. “Gun violence is a public health crisis.”
Decrease. “More regulations… only lead to less innovation.” Opposes Obamacare and capping insulin at $35 for Medicare recipients. In 2024 “will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid,” but in 2022 voiced support for Sen. Rick Scott’s “Rescue America” plan, which included sunsetting all three programs.
Increase. Supported rural access to telehealth and expansion of mobile health clinics. Opposed efforts to repeal Obamacare. Supported capping insulin at $35; introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce prescription drug costs for seniors. Social Security and Medicare “are lifelines for our seniors.”
“It’s time to secure the border.” Opposed the bipartisan border security bill. Supports “more funding for border security” and “legal immigration only.” “Finish the wall.” Did not answer a Las Vegas Review Journal questionnaire about DACA.
“Immigration reform is vital for our economy.” Supported a bipartisan border security bill to hire more agents, provide resources, and streamline the asylum process. Supports “a path to citizenship for [DACA] Dreamers.”
Harder. Criticizes role of teachers unions in schools, blaming Nevada’s low education ranking on “teachers’ unions and bureaucrats.” Opposes “propping up union interests.”
Easier. “I know firsthand just how important unions are to lift up working families.” Sponsored the PRO Act, protecting workers trying to organize. “We need to protect their right to … bargain for higher wages.”
Likely limit. Would protect women’s sports from trans players. Same-sex marriage should not be overturned, but chairs the Nevada Faith & Freedom Coalition; the national group supports “traditional marriage.” “Why is government in the business of marriage to begin with?”
Expand. “I will continue fighting until every member of our community is free and equal.” Supported bills prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ people and federally protecting same-sex marriage.
No position found.
Raise. In 2021, sponsored a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Will “keep fighting to raise the minimum wage.”
No. Criticized the “$300B spent to forgive student loans.”
Raise. “Make the ultra-wealthy & billion-dollar corporations pay their fair share.” Would end the 2017 tax cuts in favor of “middle-class tax relief.”
Easier. Supported restoring key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and legislation expanding voter access and registration. “We must protect the sacred right to vote.”
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