Mar 07, 2011

AP: GOP Sen. John Ensign of Nevada won't seek re-election

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Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY

GOP Senator John Ensign of Nevada will announce today that he won't seek re-election, the Associated Press and CNN report.

Ensign ran into political trouble in 2009 when he had an affair with Cynthia Hampton, a campaign aide whose husband, Doug Hampton, had been Ensign's deputy chief of staff.

Ensign's parents paid the Hamptons and their two children $96,000, and Ensign allegedly assisted Doug Hampton in finding alternate employment in a move that may have violated Senate rules, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

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