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Nev. Governor Names Heller to Ensign's Senate Seat

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- U.S. Rep. Dean Heller will enter next year's U.S. Senate race from the perch of incumbency after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday named Heller to succeed John Ensign next month. Heller's appointment was anticipated and sets up a political scramble on how his House seat will be filled. State law...

Timing of Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions

LAS VEGAS -- U.S. Sen. John Ensign's decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered while also muddling the field of candidates for congressional seats now held by the GOP headed into a key election...

Nevada Sen. John Ensign Announces Resignation

LAS VEGAS --Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced Thursday he will resign amid an ethics investigation, insisting he's done nothing wrong but saying he could no longer subject his family and constituents to further investigation. Ensign said in a statement that he will send Vice President Joe Biden a letter Friday making the...

John Ensign Retiring: 3 Potential Candidates to Replace Him

Today Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., joined the growing list of federal legislators who won't seek re-election in 2012. Ensign is being investigated over his affair with Cynthia Hampton, his former campaign treasurer and the wife of his former deputy chief of staff Doug Hampton. The Senate Ethics Committee has appointed a...

GOP Sen. Ensign of Nevada Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

LAS VEGAS -- Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, damaged politically and facing a Senate ethics investigation over an extramarital affair, said Monday he won't seek re-election next year. Ensign, who is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, said he decided last week against seeking a third term because he...

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05/25/12 Sens admonish Coburn for contact with Ensign aide Source: CBS - WCBI TV - North Mississippi and West Alabama (AP) WASHINGTON --The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday over his contact with a top aide to former Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada lawmaker who resigned in disgrace last year after lying about his affair with the staffer's wife.
05/16/12 Ensign aide set for plea agreement hearing Source: ABC - KTNV 13 - Las Vegas NV An aide to former Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign is scheduled to attend a plea agreement hearing on June 7, indicating he has reached a deal with federal prosecutors who had charged him with lobbying the Senate before a one-year ban for former employees elapsed.
05/15/12 Nebraska Democrats choose Kerrey to run for old Senate... Source: NBC - WIS 10 - Columbia SC An aide to former Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign is scheduled to attend a plea agreement hearing on June 7, indicating he has reached a deal with federal prosecutors who had charged him with lobbying the Senate before a...
05/15/12 Nebraska Democrats choose Kerrey to run for old Senate... Source: NBC - Wave 3 - Louisville KY An aide to former Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign is scheduled to attend a plea agreement hearing on June 7, indicating he has reached a deal with federal prosecutors who had charged him with lobbying the Senate before a...
05/09/12 Politician Scandals in the US (Top 5) 25 Years Since... Source: National Ledger Politicians and scandals go together like Monica Lewinsky and a stained blue dress and as this month marks 25 years since Gary Hart thought he could outsmart the press until a photo of Donna Rice sitting on his lap and claims of a nightlong sexual romp with the leggy blonde aboard his yacht so aptly named "Monkey Business" ended his run for the White House and any political career aspirations he may have had.

Background on John Ensign

John Eric Ensign, DVM (born March 25, 1958) is a former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from January 2001 until he resigned in May 2011 amid an investigation of an ethics violation related to an extramarital affair.

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