LAS VEGAS (AP) — An outside group is launching a new ad accusing Democratic Nevada Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto of failing to help in an elder abuse case while she was attorney general.
Freedom Partners Action Fund said it's putting $1.2 million behind the TV and online ads. The group is backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers.
The ad features the story of World War II veteran Guadalupe Olvera, who was involved in a government-run guardianship program that's been the subject of public criticism.
It says Cortez Masto declined to help with the case when Olvera's daughter wrote her in 2011 asking for help freeing Olvera from a guardian who had taken much of his money.
Cortez Masto's campaign didn't have immediate comment. She's in a competitive race against Republican Rep. Joe Heck.