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Harry Reid

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1939 in Searchlight, NV
Died: December 28, 2021 in Henderson, NV

Education:

  • Southern Utah State College, 1959
  • Utah State University, B.S., 1961
  • George Washington University, J.D., 1964

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Henderson city attorney, 1964-1966
  • Chairman of NV Gaming Commission, 1977-1981

Elected Office:

  • NV House, 1969-1970
  • NV Lt. Governor, 1970-1974


Election Results for Harry Reid


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 30 NV D Lt. Governor Primary 1 44,920 82.2%
1970 30 NV D Lt. Governor General 1 78,994 54.8%
1974 34 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 44,768 58.6%
1974 34 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 78,981 46.6%
1982 42 NV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,786 77.9%
1982 42 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 61,901 57.5%
1984 44 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,242 56.1%
1986 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 74,275 82.7%
1986 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 130,955 50.0%
1992 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 64,828 52.8%
1992 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 253,150 51.0%
1998 58 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 208,650 47.9%
2004 64 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 494,805 61.1%
2010 70 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 87,366 75.3%
2010 70 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 362,785 50.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Harry Reid


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1983 43 House 35 65 86 13 R 29 57 98 70 32
1984 44 House 42 58 84 16 R 42 58 99 75 17
1985 45 House 40 60 87 13 R 44 55 99 55 26
1986 46 House 48 52 84 16 R 26 74 99 60 32
1987 47 Senate 44 56 88 11 R 40 58 98 80 19
1988 48 Senate 54 46 76 20 R 56 40 94 55 28
1989 49 Senate 61 39 71 28 R 63 37 99 65 20
1990 50 Senate 32 68 79 20 R 44 55 99 61 30
1991 51 Senate 60 38 75 25 R 51 49 99 65 33
1992 52 Senate 45 55 75 22 R 37 62 97 80 24
1993 53 Senate 49 49 86 14 D 88 12 99 60 24
1994 54 Senate 41 59 85 12 D 90 10 97 85 4
1995 55 Senate 49 51 74 25 D 75 25 99 80 9
1996 56 Senate 53 47 79 21 D 78 22 99 80 15
1997 57 Senate 32 68 83 17 D 84 16 99 85 8
1998 58 Senate 63 38 78 19 D 76 21 98 90 20
1999 59 Senate 92 8 92 8 D 82 18 100 90 12
2000 60 Senate 94 6 93 6 D 92 8 99 90 17
2001 61 Senate 96 4 R 63 37 100 100 20
2002 62 Senate 93 5 R 74 26 99 89 10
2003 63 Senate 94 5 R 52 47 99 78 21
2004 64 Senate 71 14 R 61 37 90 95 21
2005 65 Senate 92 8 R 36 64 100 100 4
2006 66 Senate 93 7 R 56 43 99 90 12
2007 67 Senate 95 5 R 38 62 100 80 0
2008 68 Senate 84 16 R 46 54 99 70 16
2009 69 Senate 95 5 D 99 1 100 95 8
2010 70 Senate 95 5 D 97 3 100 75 0
2011 71 Senate 94 6 D 93 7 100 95 0
2012 72 Senate 93 6 D 94 6 99 90 0
2013 73 Senate 90 6 D 87 9 97 90 16
2014 74 Senate 95 5 D 95 5 99 60 24
2015 75 Senate 80 1 D 86 11 83 100 0
2016 76 Senate 95 1 D 94 3 97 95 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.