(Bloomberg) — Top U.S. Senate Democrat Harry Reid won't seek re-election next year, ending a congressional career that spans more than three decades.
The Nevada lawmaker announced his plans to retire after this session in a video message Friday on YouTube. Reid said a January exercise accident in his Nevada home had given him "time to ponder and think" about his future.
"We have to make sure that the Democrats take control of the Senate again, and I feel it is inappropriate for me to soak up all those resources on me when I could be devoting those resources to the caucus," Reid said in the video. "That's what I intend to do."
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