Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidThe Supreme Court vacancy — yet another congressional food fight Trump seeks to turn around campaign with Supreme Court fight On The Trail: Battle over Ginsburg replacement threatens to break Senate MORE (D-Nev.) says in a new interview that he wishes former Sen. Al Franken Alan (Al) Stuart FrankenGOP Senate candidate says Trump, Republicans will surprise in Minnesota Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district Getting tight — the psychology of cancel culture MORE (D-Minn.) would run again, despite Franken's resignation amid a slew of sexual misconduct allegations.

Reid told the Daily Beast in an interview published Wednesday that Franken, 68, made a "good senator" who got a "bad deal" from his fellow Democrats, many of whom urged him to resign after multiple women accused him of inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact in 2017.

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“I wish he would [run again],” Reid said. “But I don't think he will. He just feels hurt. And he was a good senator.”

“He got a bad deal,” he added.

The former Nevada senator retired two years before Franken's ouster and currently sits on the faculty at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas's law school.

Minnesota's two sitting senators — including Franken's replacement, Sen. Tina Smith Tina Flint SmithThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Credit union group to spend million on Senate, House races Health officials tell public to trust in science MORE — are both Democrats. Smith's current term is up next year, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, whose term doesn't end until 2024, is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

In a recent interview, Franken told The New Yorker that he should have waited for the results of the Senate Ethics Committee's investigation before resigning.

“I can’t go anywhere without people reminding me of this, usually with some version of ‘You shouldn’t have resigned,’ ” he said.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.), who is also running for president and was one of Franken's earliest critics in the Senate, has defended her calls for Franken to resign in recent weeks, noting that multiple women came forward with similar allegations of inappropriate behavior.

“Who is being held accountable for Al Franken’s decision to resign? Women senators, including me. It’s outrageous,” Gillibrand said last month.