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Mar 31, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada CNN — No one who knows Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid from afar would ever describe him as a romantic. But a little known driving force for the often gruff and...
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Long before Reid was the most powerful Democratic politician in the West, he was the chairman of Nevada’s Gaming Commission, a thankless role that carried with it the ire of both the powerful and the corrupt. In 1978, Reid was offered a bribe of $12,000 to approve new gaming devices for casinos that promised to generate some $100 million in profits...
Politics aside, Reid would make it a habit of introducing visitors to his office to the Book of Mormon. “Everybody knew he was a Latter-day Saint, and he wasn’t shy about it,” one Washington-area acquaintance recounted. One of those visitors was Sen. Larry Pressler, a Republican from South Dakota. Reid and Pressler first connected at the Senate Pra...
Harry and Landra had five children, a daughter and four sons. One of his sons named his second child — and Reid’s 16th grandchild, of 19 total — Harry. “Wow! Another Harry Reid,” the elder Harry declared later in a speech. “I was really happy. It surprised me. I felt so emotional.” Harry then said he called his four other children to inform them th...
Thomas B. Griffith, a former federal judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, recalls Reid’s strong support during his confirmation, despite his appointment by a Republican president, George W. Bush. Reid knew Griffith well from his time as the chief lawyer for the Senate (a nonpartisan position) and as the general counsel...
In the spring of 2016, a worried Reid called on former President Bill Clinton. Reid sensed that working class folks like his own brother Larry were more supportive of Donald Trump’s campaign than Democrats realized. So the senator went to broker a deal, according to a report in The Atlantic. Reid knew Bernie Sanders wouldn’t win at that point, but ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Sherrill divorced Mitch in 1980 for undisclosed reasons, although some sources speculate that she had an affair with a Nevada Senator named Harry Reid shortly before the split. When contacted by the New York Times in 2014, Sherrill stated that she ‘wasn’t surprised that Mitch hasn’t mentioned her as his ex-wife.’
Aug 9, 2023 · A big testament to that is his ex-wife, Sherrill Redmon, whom he married in 1968 and with whom he shares three daughters: Eleanor, Claire, and Porter. Not only did McConnell build a family...
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (/ r iː d /; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
Jan 22, 2021 · One person who seems to agree with Obama is McConnell’s first wife, Sherrill Redmon. “Many people wonder why Republican legislators are so unrelenting on President Obama,” she wrote on ...
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Dec 29, 2021 · Long-time Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who died at 82, rose from deep poverty and political adversity to the peak of power in Washington via determined and unsentimental loyalty to his...
