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Nev. Governor Names Heller to Ensign's Senate Seat
By not in system - AOL NewsCARSON 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 says a special election must be held within 180 days of a vacancy. Ensign, 53, has been dogged by an ethics investigation after acknowledging in 2009 to having an extramarital affair with a former staffer. The Senate Ethics Committee was investigating whether he tried to ...
Timing of Sen. Ensign Resignation Raises Questions
By not in system - AOL NewsLAS 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 year. Leaders of the Senate Ethics Committee noted tersely that Ensign made the proper decision in turning in a letter of resignation amid their unfinished two-year probe of his conduct. Ensign, 53, cited "wear and tear" on himself and his family in his announcement ...
Nevada Sen. John Ensign Announces Resignation
By not in system - AOL NewsLAS 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 resignation official. "While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate, and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further ...
John Ensign Retiring: 3 Potential Candidates to Replace Him
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday 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 special investigator in the probe, which is expected to continue into 2012. In a Las Vegas news conference this afternoon, Ensign said, "I just came to the conclusion that I couldn't put my family through" a re-election campaign. So now, in addition to wondering what will ...
Sen. John Ensign, Nevada Republican, Won't Seek Third Term
By Mary Winter - Politics DailyRepublican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada said Monday he will not seek re-election in 2012 because, in part, "there are consequences to sin." The two-term senator, who in 2009 admitted to having an affair with the wife of a former aide, called a 3 p.m. ET press conference in Las Vegas. With his wife and children by his side, Ensign said: "This campaign would be exceptionally ugly. I just came to the conclusion I couldn't put my family through it." Related Stories Sen. Tom Coburn Talks to Ethics Panel in John Ensign ...
GOP Sen. Ensign of Nevada Says He Won't Seek Re-Election
By not in system - AOL NewsLAS 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 was worried about the effect of an "exceptionally ugly" campaign on his family. "I'm putting them first, instead of my career," Ensign said. In recent months, Ensign had been adamant that he would seek re-election. He said Monday it was difficult to give up the job he ...
Sen. Tom Coburn Talks to Ethics Panel in John Ensign Probe
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) spoke privately with Senate investigators looking into Sen. John Ensign's affair with a former staffer, Politico reported Thursday. The news of Coburn's conversation with members of the Senate Ethics Committee is the first information about the Ensign probe since the panel appointed a special counsel, Carol Elder Bruce, last month. Coburn and the Nevada Republican are longtime friends. Politico said Coburn's appearance before the panel took place "recently." Ensign has not yet been interviewed by ethics investigators. He is being investigated over his ...
Opinion: Why Newt Gingrich's Adultery Matters
By Mark Grabowski - AOL NewsPeople's sex lives are a private matter, right? Not when it involves politicians. During a talk last week at the University of Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich took umbrage when a student brought up his adultery. "If the primary concern of the American people is my past, my candidacy would be irrelevant. If the primary concern of the American people is the future... that's a debate I'll be happy to have," he said. He joins a long list of politicians who claim extramarital affairs have no bearing on their ability to govern. Unfortunately, many voters seem to agree with Gingrich. A June 2009 Gallup ...
Nevada GOP Senate Fight Brewing as John Ensign Challenger Emerges
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), fighting an ethics investigation on Capitol Hill, may soon face a challenge within his own party from Rep. Dean Heller, who has been encouraged by a favorable survey of his Senate prospects. "I am taking a serious look at the race for U.S. Senate," Heller said in a statement to the Las Vegas Sun's Jon Ralston. The poll, taken for Heller last month by the nationally known Tarrance Group, gave him a 15-point lead in a hypothetical match-up with Ensign. The sample of 601 likely Republican voters had a margin of error of plus or minus four points. An independent ...
John Ensign Ethics Probe Ramps Up -- So Does His Reelection Campaign
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJust hours after the Senate Ethics Committee appointed a special counsel to lead the investigation into his affair with a former staffer, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said Tuesday his reelection campaign was ramping up its fundraising efforts. Ensign downplayed the panel's appointment and said his campaign was moving "full speed ahead," Politico reported. The senator said he'd be hosting a fundraiser Wednesday in Washington D.C. The announcement that veteran criminal defense lawyer Carol Elder Bruce would head up the Ensign probe came as a surprise to many on Capitol Hill. It's the first time ...
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