Political Highlights: Nev. Assembly, 1969-71; lieutenant governor, 1971-75; Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, 1974; candidate for mayor of Las Vegas, 1975; Nevada Gaming Commission chairman, 1977-81; U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-87; U.S. Senate, 1987-2017 Born: December 2, 1939; Searchlight, Nev. Residence: Henderson Religion: Mormon Family: Wife, Landra Reid; five children Education: Southern Utah State College, A.S. 1959; Utah State U., B.A. 1961; George Washington U., J.D. 1964; U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, attended 1969-70
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1982 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Peggy Cavnar (R)
Votes
61,901 45,675
%
58.0% 42.0%
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Peggy Cavnar (R)
Votes
73,242 55,391
%
56.0% 42.4%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Jim Santini (R)
Votes
130,955 116,606
%
50.0% 45.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Demar Dahl (R) Joe Garcia (IA) Lois Avery (NL) H. Cromwell (LIBERT) Harry Tootle (POP)
Votes
253,150 199,413 11,240 7,279 7,222 4,429
%
51.0% 40.2% 2.3% 1.5% 1.5% 0.9%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) Michael Cloud (LIBERT) Michael Williams (NL)
Votes
208,650 208,222 8,044 2,749
%
47.9% 47.8% 1.8% 0.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Richard Ziser (R) Thomas Hurst (LIBERT) David Schumann (X) Gary Marinch (NL)
Votes
494,805 284,640 9,559 6,001 2,095
%
61.1% 35.1% 1.2% 0.7% 0.3%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) Sharron Angle (R) Scott Ashjian (TEA) Michael Haines (I) Tim Fasano (IA) Jesse Holland (I) Jeffrey Reeves (I) Wil Stand (I)