Free Republic

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Republican state Treasurer Brian Krolicki announced Tuesday he won't challenge U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., who already has raised $6.2 million for his re-election bid. Krolicki's move leaves the Democratic incumbent with only two confirmed GOP challengers: Richard Ziser, who headed a conservative group that got voter approval in 2002 of an initiative barring recognition of gay marriages; and political unknown Ken Wegner, a disabled Gulf War combat veteran. Reid has no Democratic challenger. "While I believe this is a credible opportunity for the Republican Party to pick up a coveted seat in the U.S....

Nevada's U.S. Sen. Reid raises $6.2 million for re-election bid CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has raised $6.2 million for his re-election bid, $1 million more than he collected during his entire 1998 campaign. Reid, the Senate's assistant minority leader, announced his fund-raising total in filing his year-end financial disclosure statement with the Federal Election Commission. The total includes about $4.4 million from individual donors and the rest from political action committees. The 2003 report shows Reid raised $1.1 million in the last three months of the year and now has $4.3 million cash on hand....

WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday that Nevada's five electoral votes are key to a Democratic presidential win and the party hopes to take back the state this year. "We feel very competitive that we can win out there in Nevada, it's a very good state for us," DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe told Nevada reporters in a conference call. "It obviously is a key, key state to the party. We need the Electoral College votes," he said. President Bush beat Al Gore in Nevada 49.5 percent to 45.9 percent in 2000, and Republicans edge...

<p>Nevada’s voter registration increased to 912,346 in December, continuing a climb toward the 1 million mark, Secretary of State Dean Heller said Wednesday.</p> <p>The latest totals show there are 376,386 registered Republicans and 367,943 registered Democrats, a difference of 8,443. There are 139,475 nonpartisans; 17,707 Independent Americans; 5,204 Libertarians; 2,710 Greens; 976 Natural Laws; 196 Reform Party members; and 1,749 “others.”</p>

Nevada Treasurer Brian Krolicki has created an exploratory committee for a potential run against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and will travel to Washington, D.C., for the third time today to test if he can mount a successful campaign. Krolicki, a Republican in his second term as treasurer, described the creation of the committee as a way to find out if he can be a viable candidate and to help determine whether he will run against Reid, the Senate Democratic whip, in 2004. "It's certainly a daunting task to mount a campaign for federal office," he said Tuesday. "I have to...