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  Reed, Jack
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2017-01-01  
 
NameJack Reed
Address201 Hillside Road Suite 200
Cranston, Rhode Island 02920-5602, United States
Emailinfo@reed.senate.gov
Websitehttp://reed.senate.gov
Born November 12, 1949 (74 years)
ContributorArmyDem
Last ModifedNCdem
Nov 11, 2023 03:32pm
Tags Caucasian - Married - Army - Special Forces - Catholic - Straight -
InfoJohn Francis "Jack" Reed

Jack Reed is the 47th United States Senator from Rhode Island. Elected to the Senate in 1996, Reed, who succeeded Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI), previously served three terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District.

Reed was born in 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island and since 1950 has resided in Cranston, Rhode Island. After graduating from LaSalle Academy in Providence, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. Following his graduation from West Point and receiving an active duty commission in the United States Army, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a Masters of Public Policy. Reed, an Army Ranger and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader, a Company Commander and a Battalion Staff Officer. He returned to West Point in 1978 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences.

Reed resigned from the Army as a Captain in 1979 and enrolled in Harvard Law School. In 1982, he graduated from Harvard and served a year as an associate with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan. In 1983, he returned to Rhode Island and joined Edwards and Angell, a Providence law firm. Reed was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 1984 and served for three terms. In 1990, Reed was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
01/01/2017-03/31/2017 Morning Consult 63.00% ( 0.0) 21.00% ( 0.0) 17.00% ( 0.0)
01/28/2013-01/30/2013 Public Policy Polling 62.00% ( 2.0) 30.00% ( 3.0) 8.00% ( 4.0)
09/26/2012-09/29/2012 Fleming & Associates 53.00% ( 3.0) 37.00% ( 2.8) 10.00% ( 5.8)
02/16/2011-02/22/2011 Public Policy Polling 60.00% ( 0.0) 27.00% ( 0.0) 12.00% ( 0.0)
09/22/2010-09/26/2010 Fleming & Associates 56.00% ( 0.0) 39.80% ( 0.0) 4.20% ( 0.0)
11/08/2006-11/11/2006 Survey USA 66.00% ( 2.0) 27.00% ( 2.0) 8.00% ( 1.0)
06/09/2006-06/11/2006 Survey USA 64.00% ( 2.0) 29.00% ( 4.0) 7.00% ( 1.0)
12/09/2005-12/11/2005 Survey USA 66.00% ( 3.0) 25.00% ( 2.0) 8.00% ( 0.0)
09/10/2005-09/11/2005 Brown University 68.00% ( 3.0) 19.00% ( 1.0) 13.00% ( 4.0)
06/25/2005-06/27/2005 Brown University 71.00% ( 8.0) 20.00% ( 1.0) 9.00% ( 9.0)

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 17, 2005 11:00am News U.S. Sen. Jack Reed Weds Julia Hart  Article John 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.50000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  02/02/2023 US Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Members Won 11.43% (-0.95%)
  02/01/2023 US Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Won 52.00% (+4.00%)
  02/03/2021 US Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  11/03/2020 RI US Senate Won 66.48% (+33.12%)
  09/08/2020 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/2019 Armed Services Committee Chairman Lost 48.15% (-3.70%)
  01/03/2017 Armed Services Committee Chairman Lost 48.15% (-3.70%)
  01/03/2015 Armed Services Chairman Lost 46.15% (-7.69%)
  11/04/2014 RI US Senate Won 70.58% (+41.34%)
  09/14/2014 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/2012 US Senate Banking Committee Majority Members Won 16.67% (+1.52%)
  11/06/2012 US Senate Armed Services Committee - Majority Members Won 14.29% (+1.10%)
  01/03/2011 US Senate Armed Services Committee - Majority Members Won 13.19% (+0.00%)
  11/04/2008 RI US Senate Won 73.05% (+46.40%)
  09/09/2008 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 86.85% (+73.69%)
  11/05/2002 RI US Senate Won 78.42% (+56.84%)
  09/10/2002 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1996 RI US Senate Won 63.48% (+28.43%)
  09/10/1996 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 86.13% (+72.26%)
  11/08/1994 RI District 2 Won 67.99% (+35.97%)
  11/03/1992 RI District 2 Won 70.67% (+46.21%)
  09/15/1992 RI District 2 - D Primary Won 76.42% (+52.83%)
  11/06/1990 RI District 2 Won 59.21% (+18.43%)
  09/11/1990 RI District 2 - D Primary Won 49.01% (+21.60%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  01/22/2021 US Secretary of Defense Lost 0.00% (-97.89%)
  01/20/2017 US Secretary of Defense Lost 0.00% (-98.99%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - D Selection - Aug 11, 2020 D Tammy Duckworth
US Vice President - D Selection - Aug 11, 2020 D Gina M. Raimondo
US Secretary of Energy - Dec 02, 2019 NPA Reject
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jan 23, 2018 R Jerome H. "Jay" Powell
US Secretary of Homeland Security - Dec 05, 2017 R Kirstjen Nielsen
US Ambassador to the Holy See - Oct 16, 2017 R Callista Gingrich
US Trade Representative - May 11, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Agriculture - Apr 24, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Commerce - Feb 27, 2017 NPA Reject
RI US President - D Primary - Apr 26, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
US Attorney General - Apr 23, 2015 D Loretta Lynch
C.I.A. Director - Mar 07, 2013 N John O. Brennan
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 05, 2010 D Elena Kagan
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 06, 2009 I Sonia Sotomayor
US Attorney General - Feb 02, 2009 D Eric Holder
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 NPA Reject
EPA Administrator - Oct 28, 2003 NPA Reject
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 I Sonia Sotomayor
U.S. Surgeon General - Feb 10, 1998 D David M. Satcher