Harry Reid: My Source On Romney’s Taxes Is A Republican (updated)

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62. Huntsman’s family gave nearly $25,000 to Reid last cycle

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2011/jun/22/huntsmans-family-gave-nearly-25000-reid-last-cycle/

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said this week he prefers Jon Huntsman to Mitt Romney in the GOP Mormon presidential primary, has taken a lot of money from the Huntsman family, and the former Utah governor appointed Reid’s son, Josh, to Utah’s Board of Regents.

So no wonder Reid said Tuesday, “If I had a choice in that race, I’d choose Huntsman over Romney.”

And if they had a choice – and they did – many members of the newly minted presidential candidate’s family, including his parents, chose Reid in the most important U.S. Senate race in the country last cycle. Indeed, the Huntsmans have long been Reid supporters, although the former governor, who is scheduled to be be in Nevada on Friday, has never given directly to Reid's Senate campaigns.

But his parents and a couple of his brothers (Peter, James) and some in-laws have. And his Dad even helped the Nevada Democratic Party ($5,000) in 2008. I’m told Reid has known the senior Huntsman since the 1990s and is friendly with the son, too.

Note: Jon Huntsman tried to distance himself from Reid in the update at the bottom of the article.

Huntsman's father's partner is Robert C Gay, a Mormon elder and past managing director for Bain Capital until 2004 - not long after Romney left. So he was there for close to 16 years with Mitt Romney in a senior management position.

EDIT: credit to someone on Daily Kos for that article.