Senate Majority Leader Harry's Reid's son, Clark County (Las Vegas) Commissioner Rory Reid, has officially declared that he is running for Governor of Nevada in 2010 -- the same year that his father is facing a tough re-election fight to the Senate.
Reid the Younger put himself forward as a policy wonk, laying out a policy roadmap for the state's future: "I'm going to challenge anyone else who wants this office to either agree with me or propose something different."

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Dorn76
October 15, 2009 9:32 PM
Is anyone else sick of this? Biden, Paul, Cheney, and now Reid? I'm sure they're all fine people (not Liz, she's horrid) but can't they do something else with their lives?
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Walter Mitty
October 15, 2009 9:39 PM in reply to Dorn76
It's the family business. I get and agree with your point, however it's what they know, and is no different than a family of police officers or teachers or soldiers.
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Chris
October 16, 2009 9:06 AM in reply to Walter Mitty
Gotta love nepotism. Neither party is a stranger to it.
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Ann Arbor
October 16, 2009 9:13 AM
This can't help his father, or vice versa. What's the opposite of synergy? Antergy?
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