Harry Reid Hopes to Ensure Democrats’ Success as Tenure Winds Down
LAS VEGAS — Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader who announced his retirement last week, settled into a corner booth at the Triple George Grill here, his faced masked by dark sunglasses, evidence of lingering injuries from a workout accident that left him blind in one eye. For the next hour, in a conversation that veered from Washington to Nevada and back again, Mr. Reid made clear that he would deploy all of his resources to make sure Democrats hold on to his seat — critical to any hopes his party has of winning back the Senate in 2016.
“We are going to do everything we can,” said Mr. Reid, 75, as he slowly ate a bowl of chicken soup in this downtown restaurant. “I have to make sure I take care of the person running for Senate in Nevada.”
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