Jack Reed

Jack Reed grew up in Cranston with a father who was a World War II veteran and school janitor, eventually becoming the school system's custodial supervisor.¹ His mother, Mary, raised three children and encouraged their education, though she had not attended college herself.¹ Reed and his wife, Julia Hart Reed, have a daughter, Emily.¹

After West Point in 1971, Reed earned a public policy master's degree at Harvard and served as an Army infantry platoon leader and company commander in the 82nd Airborne Division.¹ He also taught economics and international relations at West Point before leaving active duty in 1979, remaining in the Reserves until 1991.¹ His later private legal practice included banking law and volunteer work for Providence's Amos House shelter.¹

Reed served in Rhode Island's Senate and the U.S. House before entering the U.S. Senate in 1997.¹² He authored the bipartisan Childhood Cancer STAR Act with Republican Shelley Moore Capito, enacted in 2018 to support research, cancer tracking and care for survivors.³ He is now the Armed Services Committee's ranking Democrat.⁴

His current agenda includes affordable housing investment, restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits and increasing access to primary care.⁴ He also opposes the war in Iran and Trump's tariffs.⁴ He faces Republican Raymond McKay on November 3 while seeking a sixth term, with independent Michael Bahry also on the ballot.⁴