LAS VEGAS — Senate Republican leadership has hand-picked a candidate to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in Nevada’s 2024 Senate race, selecting retired Army Capt. Sam Brown to help in its goal to retake the majority in the upper chamber in November.

Brown is the favorite of Senate party leaders, some of whom attended a fundraiser for his bid last year. He was courted to launch his campaign by National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines (R-MT), who saw Brown as the most palatable individual to run in such a pivotal swing state.

“I’ve seen a real sort of concerted effort by leadership in the Senate to support and mentor and encourage candidates like myself,” Brown, who suffered severe burns and injuries during his deployment to Afghanistan, told the Washington Examiner in an interview.

He explained the Republican leaders in the Senate have “been very encouraging [and] just accessible too.”