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AIR DATE: April 22, 2011
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Embattled Senator John Ensign will be resigning from the United States Senate on May 3. Governor Brian Sandoval is expected to appoint Congressman Dean Heller to the vacant Senate seat. This news will lead many candidates who had planned on 18 months to rethink their plans now that the real race for Nevada's Second Congressional District will be run in six months. We talk with experts in Las Vegas and Washington to get the latest from the resignation announcement.
 
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Karoun Demirjian, Washington Correspondent, Las Vegas Sun
Jon Ralston, host of Face-to-Face, KCNV

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