Angle mulls US Senate bid; testing waters for money, support
By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
Feb 12, 2016 4:23 PM CST
File - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Sharron Angle, right, sings during a rally by Tea Party supporters in Las Vegas. Nevada conservative Angle says she's trying to determine if she could raise enough money to run for the U.S. Senate again, a move that could throw a wrench in Republicans' hopes...   (Associated Press)

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada conservative Sharron Angle says she's trying to determine if she could raise enough money to run for the U.S. Senate again, a move that could throw a wrench in Republicans' hopes to claim Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's soon-to-be-vacant seat.

The tea party darling won the Republican nomination in a divisive three-way primary in 2010, then lost to Reid in the general election, 50 percent to 45 percent.

Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Heck and former Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto currently are vying to replace Reid.

Angle said during a taping of KRNV-TV's "Nevada Newsmakers" on Thursday she's excited that two state GOP lawmakers have launched the "Run Sharron Angle for Senate Committee."

She said she needs to know that people "want me to run," which she says "translates into dollars and cents."