Reid Retiring After 2016; Possible Successors Have Mixed Trade Records
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Friday (March 27) announced he will not seek re-election in 2016 and will instead retire at the end of this Congress, opening up the top Senate Democratic leadership post for the first time since 2004. No senators have yet announced their interest in replacing Reid as Democratic leader. Aside from Reid, the most senior members of the Democratic leadership are, in descending order, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Patty Murray...