The Reid Machine Helps Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Win
Comment LAS VEGAS — After a disastrous 1994 midterm election for Nevada Democrats, Sen. Harry M. Reid called his closest allies with a message: Learn how to win in the conservative state. “I remember that meeting very well,” said D. Taylor, who worked with the Culinary Workers Union for 25 years in Las Vegas. “It was about what we needed to do to change the political equation in Nevada.” But the new effort faltered and hit a nadir in 2002, when state Democrats suffered devastating ballot losses, including in the newly formed 3rd Congressional District in southern Nevada....