On one of her many stops that Election Day, Nov. 8, Cortez Masto and the Democratic incumbent Governor Steve Sisolak — who lost his re-election bid to Republican and longtime Sheriff of Clark County Joe Lombardo — stopped at the Culinary Union Local 226 hall in downtown Las Vegas, where they thanked hundreds of members for their work during the campaign. 

“What I know about growing up in Nevada and I'm third generation, having not only a father but an uncle, proud members of various labor unions there, is that these are our working families,” she said.  “These are the ones who I'm fighting for to make sure our working families have the good wages, good jobs, have the dignity of being able to retire, and making sure they can take care of their families.”