What is Catherine Cortez Masto?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Catherine Cortez Masto |image = Catherine Cortez Masto official portrait.jpg |office = [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]<br>from [[Nevada]] |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = |alongside = [[Jacky Rosen]] |predecessor = [[Harry Reid]] |state1 = [[Nevada]] |office1 = 32nd [[Nevada Attorney General|Attorney General of Nevada]] |governor1 = [[Jim Gibbons (U.S. politician)|Jim Gibbons]]<br>[[Brian Sandoval]] |term_start1 = January 1, 2007 |term_end1 = January 5, 2015 |predecessor1 = [[George Chanos]] |successor1 = [[Adam Laxalt]] |birth_name = Catherine Marie Cortez |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|3|29}} |birth_place = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |residence = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |nationality = [[Americans|American]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Paul Masto (m. ?) |children = |alma_mater = [[University of Nevada, Reno]] <small>([[Bachelor's degree|BS]])</small><br>[[Gonzaga University]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|JD]])</small> |website = {{url|catherinecortezmasto.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Catherine Marie Cortez Masto''' (born March 29, 1964) is an American [[attorney]] and [[politician]]. She is the senior [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]]. She was the [[Nevada Attorney General|Attorney General of Nevada]] from 2007 to 2015, elected to replace [[George Chanos]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. When her term began in 2017, Masto became the first [[Latino|Latina]] [[United States senator]] in American history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/nevada-senate-catherine-cortez-masto.html|title=Catherine Cortez Masto Wins Nevada to Become First Latina Senator|last=Philipps|first=Dave|date=2016-11-09|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> ==Referen