Four Nevada Senate hopefuls lit fires under their fundraising efforts, significantly increasing visibility with Silver State voters as they head into February.

Incumbent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spent the $2 million he raised in the fourth quarter of 2009 on a 3-month advertising frenzy to improve his image with Nevadans, according to recent campaign records.

Republican front-runner Danny Tarkanian raised about $650,000 last year, with half coming in the final quarter, as his popularity increased. Tarkanian received free national PR during FOX’s Glenn Beck program in January.

Beck named Tarkanian as the leading Republican to unseat Reid, praised him as “a Tea Party radical and patriot,” and read a conservative quote of Tarkanian’s to more than 3 million national viewers.

Read More – By Kelly Anderson Wright, North Star National