Nevada treasurer not ready to announce plans for '06 campaign

Nevada Treasurer Brian Krolicki said Monday he won't announce his expected plan to run for lieutenant governor in 2006 until later this week.

The two-term Republican treasurer is barred from running for a third term, and has been looking at either Congress or the lieutenant governor post.

Krolicki said he has made his decision but didn't want to announce it on Monday, the first day of the 2005 Legislature. "Today is for the Legislature," he said.

The lieutenant governor's job will be open because two-term Republican Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt also is prohibited from seeking a third term. She's considering a run for governor.

Steve Hill of Las Vegas announced in 2003 that he is seeking the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. So has Robert Goodman, a Democrat, and former director of the state Commission on Economic Development.

Hill, president of Silver State Material, a concrete supply company, has raised about $600,000 for his campaign, saying he needed to create name recognition for himself. Hill said Monday he had heard that Krolicki is eyeing the lieutenant governor's seat.

"Brian's been shopping for political races for a while," Hill said.