Skip to content
RollCall logo

Sen. Harry Reid’s Wife Being Treated for Cancer

By Meredith Shiner
Posted September 30, 2011 at 2:21pm

Landra Reid, wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), is undergoing treatment for stage 2 breast cancer, the Senator’s office said Friday.

“Senator and Mrs. Reid appreciate the thoughts and concerns expressed during this time,” Reid spokesman Zac Petkanas said in a statement. “They ask that they be afforded the respect and privacy that any family would want.”

Reid’s office confirmed that his wife is receiving treatment, including chemotherapy in Washington.

In March 2010, Landra Reid sustained injuries in a car accident in which she was riding with the couple’s daughter Lana.

The Reids have been married since 1959.

Recent Stories

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar's South Texas district was made more Republican in redistricting, but Democrats are optimistic about holding the seat this fall. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Texas Democrats bullish about winning back Latino voters

The Rayburn House Office Building.

Rayburn building deemed at risk in push for major funding boost

The task force will develop measures to boost eligibility verification and more controls over food stamps and nutrition benefits. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images file photo)

Trump orders task force to counter fraud in SNAP, nutrition programs

At the Races: Big primaries in the Prairie State

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025.

Judge blocks vaccine changes by RFK Jr.’s advisory panel

The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.

Supreme Court to weigh deportation protections for Syria, Haiti