Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful Nevadan ever elected to federal office and the longest-serving U.S. senator in state history, died Tuesday.
Harry Reid (1939-2021)
Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, who died Tuesday at age 82, was a political titan and perhaps the most influential person to call the the Silver State home.
The senator from Searchlight never forgot who he was, or where he came from, in a long career in Nevada politics.
The former senator died Tuesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Harry Reid didn’t let the politics get in the way of his relationship with John Ensign in the decade they served Nevada together as U.S. senators.
The late former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid called banks and is credited with keeping MGM’s massive project on the Strip afloat during the Great Recession.
Tributes continued to pour in from national leaders honoring Reid, who died Tuesday at age 82.
The death of former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid prompted an outpouring of tributes nationally late Tuesday afternoon.
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