Krolicki won't run for U.S. Senate

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Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki said today he won't run for Sen. Harry Reid's U.S. Senate seat, partly because he couldn't put together a strong enough grass-roots campaign team that could defeat what he called a crowded "Republican scrum" of primary candidates.

Instead, Krolicki said he would run for re-election and focus on trying to repair the dismal Nevada economy and promote tourism in order to attract visitors the gaming state needs to recover.

"I think we would have had a very competitive campaign," Krolicki said in a teleconference with reporters. But he added that all the arrows didn't point toward him running.

"At the end of the day, looking at my family and the needs of those in Nevada, running for re-election for lieutenant governor is the most important thing that I could do."

Krolicki currently doesn't have any primary opponent for lieutenant governor.

A key reason Krolicki decided not to run for U.S. Senate is it would have pitted him against several strong Republican primary opponents and hurt the party's efforts to defeat Reid, several GOP sources told the Las Vegas Review-Journal ahead of his announcement.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/krolicki-won_t-run-for-u_s_-senate-84163572.html