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Insult, meet injury:
Two weeks after Democrats blasted Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden for her “disturbing” support of embattled Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., Ensign’s parents have been reported as donors to the campaign of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., whom Lowden wants to unseat. …That Michael and Sharon Ensign are continuing their longtime support of Reid even as Democrats are attacking Reid’s opponent for supporting their son speaks to the complicated web of relationships in the small world of Nevada politics.
Michael Ensign is a former casino executive and longtime supporter of Republican politicians, in addition to his support for Reid. Lowden and her husband, Paul Lowden, are also casino owners and have donated to Reid in the past. …
Sen. Ensign is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee in connection with allegations he sought to cover up an extramarital affair with former employee Cindy Hampton by helping her husband, former employee Doug Hampton, make lobbying contacts in violation of the law. …
His parents were dragged into the scandal after reports they paid the Hampton family $96,000 once the affair was known to friends and family but before it became public. …
More at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
