# Harry Reid > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. Harry Reid (1939–2021) was a Democratic U.S. senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017 and led his party in the Senate from 2005 to 2017, serving as Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. In November 2013 he led the first use of the [[Nuclear Option]] on nominations, ending the 60-vote threshold for executive-branch and lower-court nominees.