McCaskill Doesn’t Want Reid For Senate Minority Leader
Snate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) answers questions following the weekly Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, of Missouri, says she won’t support Sen. Harry Reid’s bid to be the Senate minority leader.
McCaskill said Thursday that she believes the recent election results show voters want change in Washington and that must begin with a change in leadership.
Reid, of Nevada, currently is the Senate majority leader. But Democrats lost control of the U.S. Senate to Republicans in the Nov. 4 elections.
Republicans also fared well in McCaskill’s home state, picking up seats in both the state House and Senate despite McCaskill’s efforts to aid local races by pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Missouri Democratic Party.
Many Republicans across the country campaigned against the leadership of Reid and President Barack Obama.
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