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<p>Republican state Controller Kathy Augustine says she won't challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid this year because it's too late to put together "a successful and dynamic campaign team."</p> <p>"You need a good 11/2 to two years before the election," said Augustine, whose decision follows a similar move Tuesday by GOP state Treasurer Brian Krolicki.</p>

Wanted: Someone, anyone to run against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid for Senate in 2004. Must be a Republican, preferably rich and willing to spend his or her own money, maybe lots of it. The Nevada Republican Party hasn't yet gotten to that point, but with Monday's formal announcement by U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons that he won't challenge Reid for the senior senator's seat next year, the party has to find someone soon for the job. Who knows? If the candidate has enough gravitas, he may get a nice ride on Air Force One. That Gibbons passed on the race was...

<p>Several possible candidates have emerged in the race to beat Sen. Harry Reid after Republican Congressman Jim Gibbons decided not to run.</p> <p>The first to enter the fray is Richard Ziser, former chairman of the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage. Ziser's group backed an initiative to prohibit Nevada's constitution from recognizing gay marriages, which voters approved in 2002.</p>