LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• George Washington University Law School - JD (1964)

• Utah State University - Bachelor's, political science and history (1961)

• Southern Utah State College - AS (1959)

• Basic High School (Henderson, Nev.) - Diploma

  Activities and notes: Football; boxing

Office History

Election Results

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Nevada (Class 3)
  Harry Mason Reid, 50.29%

  Democrat
  Sharron Elaine Angle, 44.55%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Nevada (Class 3)
  Harry Mason Reid, 61.08%

  Democrat
  Richard Ziser, 35.14%

  Republican
  Thomas L. Hurst, 1.18%

  Libertarian

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Nevada (Class 3)
  Harry Mason Reid, 47.86%

  Democrat
  John Eric Ensign, 47.77%

  Republican
  Michael Cloud, 1.87%

  Libertarian

• 1993 (Nov. 3, 1992 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Nevada (Class 3)
  Harry Mason Reid, 51.05%

  Democrat
  Demar Dahl, 40.21%

  Republican
  Joe S. Garcia, Jr., 2.27%

  Independent American Party
  Lois Avery, 1.47%

  Natural Law
  H. Kent Cromwell, 1.46%

  Libertarian

• 1987 (Nov. 4, 1986 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Nevada (Class 3)
  Harry Mason Reid, 50.00%

  Democrat
  James David Santini, 44.52%

  Republican
  Kent Cromwell, 1.87%

  Libertarian

• 1985 (Nov. 6, 1984 election)

  1st Congressional District of Nevada
  Harry Mason Reid, 56.12%

  Democrat
  Peggy Cavnar, 42.44%

  Republican
  Joe Morris, 1.44%

  Libertarian

• 1983 (Nov. 2, 1982 election)

  1st Congressional District of Nevada
  Harry Mason Reid, 57.54%

  Democrat
  Peggy Cavnar, 42.46%

  Republican

Employment History

• Nevada Gaming Commission (1977-1981)

  Chairman

• State of Nevada (1970-1974)

  Lieutenant Governor

• City of Henderson, Nev. (1964-1966)

  City Attorney

• U.S. Capitol Police (1961-1964)

  Officer

Associated Organizations

• State Bar of Nevada

• Searchlight Leadership Fund

Awards

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (March 2016)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (March 2011)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Feb. 2011)

• Hall of Leaders Award (U.S. Travel Association) (2011)

• Ansel Adams Award (Wilderness Society) (2004)

Publications

• The Good Fight (2008)

• Searchlight: The Camp That Didn't Fail (2007)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

3 trips taken between 2000 - 2005 costing $11,771

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 1/16/2000: Transportation within Egypt via small aircraft, including meals from Egypt
• 7/11/2005: Wall hanging ``Entwurf'' - Diana Herman from Nambia
• 3/20/2005: Transportation within Israel via helicopter to view barrier fence along West Bank from Israel
• 11/20/2008: Book and Signed Painting by Mamah Mamahiz from Bolivia ($2,000.00)
• 3/7/2008: Assorted Jordanian coins in wooden display case with clear plastic top. from Jordan ($350.00)
• 1/4/2007: Fresh flowers in glass vase from Vietnam ($150.00)
• 10/19/2007: Armenian Dudak wooden fife from Djivan Gasparian from Armenia
• 8/8/2008: Swarovski crystal clam with pearl from United Arab Emirates ($165.00)
• 9/18/2008: Model Kuwaiti sailing ship from Kuwait ($300.00)
• 11/10/2009: Fine china teacup set from United Nations ($202.00)
• 5/12/2010: Large blue lacquer box from Afghanistan ($100.00)
• 4/23/2011: Embroided velvet scarf from China ($108.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• BLM director-turned Senate chief heads to K Street

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 27, 2023
  Neil Kornze, former Bureau of Land Management director under Obama, has moved from the Senate to one of K Street's finest. read more

• Chinese video-surveillance company hires ex-SAA

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 24, 2022
  A Chinese surveillance-video manufacturer's U.S. subsidiary has enlisted a former Senate sergeant at arms to help overturn the U.S. government's ban on its products. read more

• Food-bank lobbyist takes DSOC's helm

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 4, 2021
  The Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee has hired a lobbyist as its leader. read more

• Cloud-service provider adds HSGAC Dem aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 23, 2019
  A longtime Senate aide has taken to the cloud. read more

• Rep. Wasserman Schultz hires Wildlife Defender

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 11, 2018
  A wildlife conservation group has relinquished one of its lobbyists to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla). read more

• Romanian leader seeks more Trump meetings

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 2, 2017
  A Romanian politician sentenced to jail for rigging elections is trying to arrange meetings with Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), according to recent Justice Department filings. read more

• Longtime Sen. Reid aide heads to Porter Group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 17, 2017
  The Nevada-focused Porter Group has added a senior policy adviser for former Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to its lobbyist roster. read more

• Longtime Hill counsel moves to bricklayer's union

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 17, 2017
  An attorney with 17 years of Hill experience is paving a new career with the bricklayers' union. read more

• Longtime Harry Reid aide moves to futures group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 27, 2016
  After more than 11 years with Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Gavin Parke is seizing the future. read more

• Farewell John Boehner - Departing Speaker gets bipartisan sendoff

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 30, 2015
  It is Rep. John Boehner's (R-Ohio) last day in Congress after a five-year speakership and a 24-year career. When he first announced his surprise resignation in late September, it was met with empathy, cynicism and some errant cheering from his own party. Now, members this week have paused to give their final farewell as the gavel passes to an apprehensive and unenvied Paul Ryan. read more

• Remembrance of Boehner's legacy mixes harmony with partisanship

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 28, 2015
  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was praised by Democrats and Republicans alike after his announcement of his resignation last Friday, but congressional press releases about the event still revealed partisanship in the Capitol. read more

• GOP hires flurry of former lobbyists to Hill offices this year

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 3, 2015
  Republican members of Congress are picking up more former lobbyists this year than in any year since 2011 after their last mid-term election success. read more

• Lobbying law firm picks up Adams staffer

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 30, 2015
  A national law firm that lobbies on issues ranging from defense to banking has hired a former Hill scheduler and director of operations as a legislative analyst. read more

• LegiStorm tracks 169 staffers through the revolving door so far in 2015

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 27, 2015
  More Republican staffers than Democratic staffers have made the jump from the Hill to K Street so far in 2015. read more

• Capitol Hill loses another staffer to Uber

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 30, 2014
  As Uber Technologies Inc. surges into cities across the globe - sometimes igniting protests from taxi drivers - the app-based ridesharing service continues to poach from Capitol Hill and other high-powered political positions. read more

• Lobbyists fill payrolls of all but 45 congressional offices

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 24, 2014
  Only 45 congressional offices, 15 Democratic and 30 Republican, have never had a former lobbyist on staff, a LegiStorm analysis shows. read more

• Financial disclosures show handful of staffers pull in millions of outside income

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 22, 2011
  About 250 congressional staffers earned a total of $13 million in outside income in 2009, according to a Wall Street Journal article published Wednesday. read more

• WSJ finds many staffers invest in companies their office regulates

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 11, 2010
  Chris Miller doubled his money investing in a renewable-energy company in 2008. As the Wall Street Journal points out today, that wouldn't normally raise eyebrows, except that Miller is Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) top energy-policy adviser. read more

• Sen. Harry Reid amends seven years of financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 27, 2009
  LegiStorm has added Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) amendments to seven years worth of personal financial disclosures. read more

• Storm Tips: Harry Reid's $5 million-a-year man

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 8, 2009
  Want to find out how much money a highly successful lobbyist can make in Washington from a position of unparalleled influence? read more

• Storm Tips: Senators rake in royalties

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 12, 2009
  Senators may have reputations to some as being inexhaustible windbags but they sure like to write too. read more