Nevada secretary of state to run for Congress [View All]

[Freddie Stubbs]

ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller said Wednesday he'll run for the U.S. House seat that fellow Republican Jim Gibbons is expected to vacate to run for governor.

Heller's announcement follows comments last week by outgoing Assemblywoman Dawn Gibbons, Jim Gibbons' wife, that she will run for the congressional seat if he seeks the governor's office.

Gibbons has announced a steering committee to evaluate a bid for governor in 2006 to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn, who can't seek a third four-year term.

Heller praised Gibbons' service in Congress and said he "fully supports" the congressman's likely gubernatorial race. Gibbons was just elected in November to his fifth House term, representing Nevada's sprawling Congressional District 2.

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