Claim: "In Catherine Cortez Masto's last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent. When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as America's third most dangerous state."
Fact-check: Ad blaming Cortez Masto for crime increase off the mark
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Riley Snyder
Date published: 2016-08-10T00:00:00