Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Mellman: The likely voter sham Bottom line MORE (D-Nev.) is hosting a fundraiser for Alison Lundergan Grimes, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt MORE's (R-Ky.) Democratic opponent.

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The move marks a shift for Reid, who late last year said he wouldn't campaign against McConnell because he didn't think it was "appropriate."

Though McConnell pledged not to campaign against Reid during his 2010 race, he also shifted course and helped Reid's GOP opponent, Sharron Angle, raise money.

In 2004, GOP Senate Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) campaigned for John Thune John Randolph ThuneThe Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks Senate GOP eyes early exit MORE (R-S.D.) against then-Democratic Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.).

The fundraiser, first reported by Kentucky news outlet Channel 2, is scheduled for Oct. 11 at a McCormick & Schmick's restaurant in Las Vegas, and is organized by the Searchlight Leadership Fund, an organization Reid founded.



Tickets range from $1,000 for an individual to $5,000 for a political action committee co-host.



The Kentucky Republican Party pounced on the fundraiser. Spokeswoman Kelsey Cooper drew ties between the candidate and Reid's positions on coal.



"It should tell Kentuckians all they need to know that the biggest supporter of Alison Lundergan Grimes' campaign is Harry Reid, the man who thinks 'coal makes us sick.' If Alison was elected to the Senate, it would ensure that liberal Harry Reid and Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaThe Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon Trump appointees stymie recommendations to boost minority voting: report Obama's first presidential memoir, 'A Promised Land,' set for November release MORE continue to set national coal policy rather than a Kentucky champion for coal, Mitch McConnell," Cooper said in a statement.



Coal mining is a big industry in Kentucky, and Republicans believe Lundergan Grimes may be vulnerable because of Democratic-backed policies to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants, which opponents say will hurt the coal industry.

The Lundergan Grimes campaign and Reid's office didn't respond to requests for comment.