LAS VEGAS — One year ago this week, Nevada’s most powerful federal representative died, but he still continues to play a major role in Silver State politics.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid died Dec. 28, 2021, at the age of 82, following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Through the legacies he left behind in his political stronghold and in his political action organizations, he still helped Democrats in both Nevada and the nation secure major wins in the 2022 midterms.
Since an ultra-close win in 1998, Reid worked hard to rebuild the Nevada Democratic Party, handpicking operatives to ensure the party would help him and other Democrats win elections. That became known as the “Reid machine,” a network of operatives in the state and beyond that pushed Nevadans to register to vote and turn out at the polls.
