Over more than three decades of service in Congress, Reid earned a reputation for fighting relentlessly to protect his home state and everyday Americans. As Senate Democratic leader for a dozen years, he played an instrumental role in passing the Affordable Care Act and shepherding through Congress pivotal economic recovery legislation in the wake of the Great Recession.
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- He also turned the Nevada State Democratic Party into a well-oiled political operation — nicknamed the Reid Machine — responsible for securing numerous Democratic victories in close races over the last decade.
- In 1998, after he was re-elected to his third term in the Senate, Reid was selected by his colleagues to serve as assistant Democratic leader, or whip.
- Former Sen. Harry Reid during and interview during the National Clean Energy Summit at the Bellagio on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.
- South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg shakes hands with former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid during the Nevada State Democratic Party’s First in the West event at the Bellagio on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019.
- I was going to build a state Democratic Party, and I did that.