Sandoval to appoint Heller to Senate (0)
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is to be appointed to serve out the U.S. Senate term of John Ensign, who resigned in an ethics scandal. (UPI Photo/Jack Hohman) | License Photo
LAS VEGAS, April 27 (UPI) Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday he would appoint Republican Rep. Dean Heller to serve the rest of John Ensign s term in the U.S. Senate.
The Republican Ensign resigned last month to stave off an ethics investigation involving an affair with Cynthia Hampton, a former aide s wife, in 2009. The aide, Doug Hampton, said Ensign helped him find work as a lobbyist and Ensign s parents gave the Hamptons nearly $100,000.