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Nevada Sen. John Ensign (R) plans to announce Friday he will resign his Senate seat, aides said Thursday. Ensign has been under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee over whether he violated Senate rules during his affair with Cindy Hampton, a former campaign aide. Hampton’s husband, Doug Hampton, was Ensign’s deputy chief of staff during most of the extramarital relationship. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53557.html#ixzz1KCVouaTc

In a new Rasmussen poll, conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian leads all GOP candidates - including Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki and former GOP Chair Sue Lowden - in head to head matchups over Harry Reid. Tarkanian 47%, Reid 39% (+8) Lowden 45%, Reid 39% (+6) Krolicki 44% Reid 41% (+3) In the last Mason-Dixon/LVRJ survey, Tarkanian - featured recently on Glenn Beck as the Tea Party candidate - also led the primary and had gained support over the last three surveys. Tarkanian 28% Lowden 26% "Danny Tarkanian has the right message at the right time," said Tarkanian consultant...

Nevada Republicans suffered a serious blow Wednesday when their first announced challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was indicted on four counts of misappropriation and falsification of public records. The charges, handed down by a Clark County grand jury, accuse Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki of committing the crimes when he he was state treasurer. Krolicki's then-chief of staff, Kathryn Besser, was also indicted in the case. Krolicki could face a maximum of 16 years in prison on the counts, which revolve around the Treasurer's office bypassing budget controls on a statewide college savings program, according to an audit...

State Treasurer Brian Krolicki will announce today that he won't be running against Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., saying Monday it is doubtful that any Republican candidate can beat the minority whip, who has amassed a $6.2 million campaign fund. "These things are extraordinarily expensive," Krolicki said of a potential run. "The money issue will certainly be a large inhibitor in anyone making a successful run." Krolicki, who had established with the Federal Election Commission an exploratory committee for the Senate seat, said he now plans to focus on his family, completing his second four-year term as treasurer, and on national...

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...