TX Political Strategist ‘Mayor Maker’ Carol Reed Dies At 72 Thursday Says Daughter Laura

DALLAS, TX. (THECOUNT) — Carol Reed, a well-known Texas political campaign strategist, died Thursday morning of cancer. She was 72.

The principal of the Reeds Public Relations Corp, Reed had been at the home of her daughter, Laura Reed, since being diagnosed with widespread cancer at Thanksgiving.

She was recently moved to Faith Presbyterian Hospice, where she passed away Thursday.

Reed spent more than four decades as a campaign strategist whose political victories included managing the 1995 campaign to elect Ron Kirk as Dallas’ first black mayor, reports DallasNews.

Reed was known as Dallas’ mayor-maker, having also handled successful campaigns for Dallas mayors Jack Evans, Starke Taylor, Annette Strauss and Tom Leppert.

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Geo quick facts: Dallas, a modern metropolis in north Texas, is a commercial and cultural hub of the region. Downtown’s Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza commemorates the site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. In the Arts District, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Crow Collection of Asian Art cover thousands of years of art. The sleek Nasher Sculpture Center showcases contemporary sculpture – wikipedia.