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Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip.

Before his first election to the U.S. Senate in 1986, Reid was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district. A native of Searchlight and graduate of Utah State University and George Washington University Law School, he previously served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.