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Majority Leader Reid

Harry Reid
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Senate Majority Leader
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015
Deputy Dick Durbin
Preceded by Bill Frist
Succeeded by Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Deputy Dick Durbin
Preceded by Mitch McConnell
Succeeded by Chuck Schumer
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Deputy Dick Durbin
Preceded by Tom Daschle
Succeeded by Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Leader Tom Daschle
Preceded by Don Nickles
Succeeded by Dick Durbin
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Leader Tom Daschle
Preceded by Don Nickles
Succeeded by Don Nickles
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
Leader Tom Daschle
Preceded by Wendell Ford
Succeeded by Don Nickles
Senate Majority Whip
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Leader Tom Daschle
Preceded by Don Nickles
Succeeded by Mitch McConnell
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Leader Tom Daschle
Preceded by Don Nickles
Succeeded by Don Nickles
United States Senator
from Nevada
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by Paul Laxalt
Succeeded by Catherine Cortez Masto
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nevada's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by James Santini (At-large)
Succeeded by James Bilbray
Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission
In office
March 27, 1977 – January 5, 1981
Appointed by Mike O'Callaghan
Preceded by Peter Echeverria
Succeeded by Carl Dodge
25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
In office
January 4, 1971 – January 5, 1975
Governor Mike O'Callaghan
Preceded by Edward Fike
Succeeded by Robert Rose
Personal details
Born Harry Mason Reid
(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939 (age 77)
Searchlight, Nevada, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Landra Gould (1959–present)
Children 5 (notably Rory)
Education Southern Utah University
Utah State University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)
Signature
Website Senate website (Archived)

Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He served as the leader of the Senate Democrats from 2005 to 2017 and as the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.

Reid began his public career as the city attorney for Henderson, Nevada, before winning election to the Nevada Assembly. Reid's former boxing coach, Mike O'Callaghan, chose Reid as his running mate in the 1970 Nevada gubernatorial election, and Reid served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1974. After being defeated in races for the United States Senate and the position of Mayor of Las Vegas, Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. From 1983 to 1987, Reid represented Nevada's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives.

Reid won election to the United States Senate in 1986 and served in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. He served as the Senate Democratic Whip from 1999 to 2005 before succeeding Tom Daschle as Senate Minority Leader. The Democrats won control of the Senate after the 2006 Senate elections and Reid became the Senate Majority Leader in 2007. He held that position for the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency and the first six years of Barack Obama's presidency. As Majority Leader, he helped pass major legislation such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Republicans took control of the Senate following the 2014 Senate elections, and Reid served as Senate Minority Leader from 2015 to his retirement in 2017.


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