Harry Reid

Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Nevada, in office since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Senate Minority Leader since January 2015, having previously served as Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and Minority and Majority Whip.
Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district, and served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, the 25th Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
Reid recently completed his full term in the 113th United States Congress, becoming one of only three Senators to serve at least eight years as Majority Leader, along with Alben W. Barkley and Mike Mansfield. Reid's current term ends in January 2017, and he has stated that he does not intend to seek re-election in 2016. Senator Reid formally announced in March 2015 that he will retire at the end of his current term on January 3, 2017, citing the fact that his recent injuries and his recovery had nothing to do with his decision.
Reid currently serves as the United States Senate Minority Leader following the Republicans' capture of the majority in the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections. On March 27, 2015, Senator Reid announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016, bringing an end to his three decade congressional career.
==Tossup Questions==
#This man almost lost his Senate seat in the 1998, surviving a challenge from future colleague John Ensign, and he is expected to have a tough re-election in 2010 against Sue Lowden or Danny Tarkanian. He commented that Barack Obama was "light-skinned" and "spoke with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted one." For 10 points, name this senior Senator from Nevada, the current Senate Majority Leader.
#The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that this politician had received $50,000 from casino operators who hired lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Under Mike O'Callaghan, he served as his state's Lieutenant Governor from 1971 to 1975, and was the subject of an assassination attempt by Jack Gordon in 1981 while serving as the chairman of his state's Gaming Commission. He is known to oppose long-term nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, and this politician drew criticism for racially charged remarks about the campaign of a figure who he claimed "had no dialect" and "was light-skinned", Barack Obama. For 10 points, name this Nevada Democratic politician and US Senate majority leader.
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