I never — ever — saw it coming. Nevada’s No. 1 Republican office holder, U. S. Sen. John Ensign admitted to an affair today. It lasted 9 months. Details remain skimpy, though you can bet that won’t last.
U.S. Sen. John Ensign called an extramarital affair “absolutely the worst thing I’ve ever done in my life” in a brief news conference in Las Vegas this afternoon.
Calling it “absolutely the worst thing that I’ve ever done in my life,” U.S. Sen. John Ensign admitted Tuesday he had an affair with a campaign staffer last year.
“If there was ever anything that I could take back in my life, this would be it,” Ensign, 51, said Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas, reading from a prepared statement in a brief news conference at which he took no questions.
The Nevada Republican, a leading conservative voice in his party who has been listed as possible presidential material, indicated he plans to remain in office and that his wife of 21 years, Darlene, is standing by him.
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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admitted today he had an extramarital affair with a member of his campaign staff. Ensign told The Associated Press in a statement, "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions."
The owners of Chemnutra, the Las Vegas company that imported tainted pet food ingredients from China in 2007, pleaded guilty today to some of the charges in a federal indictment. The U.S. attorney’s office recommended that Stephen Miller, 56, and Sally Qing Miller, 43, his wife, be put on probation for three years and pay fines of $5,000 each.
State Sen. Warren Hardy, R-Las Vegas, says he is submitting his resignation from the Legislature today in order to focus on lobbying work for the builders association he works for.
A 30-year-old union pipefitter from Missouri cashed in on his first trip to Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker in a big way.