Rory Reid
| Rory Reid | |
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| Member of the Clark County Commission from District G |
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In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dario Herrera |
| Succeeded by | Mary Beth Scow |
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Rory Jason Reid July 11, 1963 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (1994–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Reid |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Religion | Mormon |
Rory Jason Reid (born July 11, 1963) is an American attorney and politician. He served as elected Chairman of the Clark County Commission in Clark County, Nevada and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nevada in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Reid is a member of the Democratic Party and a son of former United States Senator Harry Reid. In 2007, the Las Vegas Sun called Reid a political "rising star" in Nevada.
Reid declined to run for Governor of Nevada again in 2014.
Reid was born on July 11, 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia and raised in the Las Vegas area where he attended Ed W. Clark High School. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a degree in international relations and Spanish, and then furthered his education in law school, graduating in 1987.
As a teenager, he worked as a sportswriter for the Las Vegas Sun and interviewed Muhammad Ali prior to the boxer’s fight with Larry Holmes in 1980. Later, he served as a member of the Nevada Taxicab Authority. During the 1990s, he also served as senior vice-president and general counsel for Lady Luck Gaming.
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