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John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair.
The John Ensign scandal related to revelations in 2009 of an extramarital affair between United States Senator John Ensign from Nevada and campaign aide Cynthia Hampton from 2007 to 2008 and actions taken by Ensign to keep the affair secret. He was investigated for potential violations of federal rules about conflict of interest after he ...
Republican nominee John Ensign won the open seat. John Ensign defeated Ed Bernstein in a landslide despite George W. Bush carrying the state by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election in the state. Incumbent Richard Bryan had been re-elected in 1994, winning by a comfortable margin amidst a national Republican wave.
On November 3, 1998, Reid won by 401 votes in an exceptionally close election—even closer than South Dakota in 2002, when incumbent Senator Tim Johnson defeated Congressman John Thune by 524 votes. Ensign did not contest the results, and was elected to Nevada's other Senate seat in 2000, succeeding the retiring Richard Bryan and served with ...
Incumbent Republican John Ensign defeated Democratic nominee Jack Carter to win re-election to a second term. This election was the only Senate election in Nevada where the incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected or won re-election since 1980 and the only Senate election in Nevada for this seat where the incumbent Republican Senator was re ...
In 2006, he ran for the U.S. Senate in Nevada but was defeated by Republican Sen. John Ensign. Related: Jimmy Carter Looks Back on a Life of Faith and Service, and Ahead to a More Peaceful World .
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader after rejecting public overtures from allies of President-elect Donald Trump who backed a ...
PHOTO: Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, speaks during a bus tour stop for the Ohio Senate race in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2024. (Joe Maiorana/AP)