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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 | 7:19 p.m.
Sun coverage
Sen. Harry Reid said he would run for re-election in 2016, even as he praised the most potent potential Republican contender.
“Sure, why not?” Reid, 73, said after a speech Wednesday night to the Nevada Legislature, when asked if he’d run for re-election.
Reid also told Politico in November that he would run for re-election.
Asked about Gov. Brian Sandoval, who would be Republicans' top contender against Reid midway through his second term, Reid praised him.
“I like Brian Sandoval,” he said. “I think he’s trying to do the right thing.”
In his speech, Reid praised Sandoval twice — once for supporting a sales tax increase for cops in Clark County, and second for expanding Medicaid.
Asked if he thought Sandoval would run against him, Reid said he didn’t know. He said he has had a number of opponents over the years.
But Reid said Sandoval would be a worthy contender.
“Oh sure, everybody’s worthy,” he said.
“Could you beat him?” Reno Gazette-Journal reporter Ray Hagar asked.
Reid demurred.
“I don’t get involved in fights if I don’t have to,” he said.
“But you’re a boxer,” Hagar said.
“But I’m not stupid.”
Heaven help us! Reid is a national embarrassment for Nevada. Please, have we not been through enough already?
Forty more years! Reid in 2016 ... and beyond!
If Senator Reid runs and wins in 2016 we will then have 12-16 years of no budget. Think about that when you vote.
Clinton/Reid 2016!
And you Teahead Republicans are gonna help make it come TRUE..
;-)
lol --- so true Markey!
and this news will give disgraced former publisher, Sherman Frederick reason to live. His fountain of youth, so to speak.