Political Highlights: U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-99; sought Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, 1998; U.S. Senate, 2001-11 Born: March 25, 1958; Roseville, Calif. Residence: Las Vegas Religion: Christian Family: Wife, Darlene Ensign; three children Education: U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, attended 1976-79; Oregon State U., B.S. 1981; Colorado State U., D.V.M. 1985
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1994 Election Results
Candidate
John Ensign (R) James Bilbray (D) Gary Wood (LIBERT)
Votes
73,769 72,333 6,065
%
48.5% 47.5% 4.0%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
John Ensign (R) Bob Coffin (D) Ted Gunderson (IA) James Dan (LIBERT) Richard Eidson (NL)
Votes
86,472 75,081 4,572 3,341 3,127
%
50.1% 43.5% 2.7% 1.9% 1.8%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) Michael Cloud (LIBERT) Michael Williams (NL)
Votes
208,650 208,222 8,044 2,749
%
47.9% 47.8% 1.8% 0.6%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
John Ensign (R) Ed Bernstein (D) Kathryn Rusco (GREEN) J.J. Johnson (LIBERT) Ernie Berghof (IA) Bill Grutzmacher (CITFIRST)
Votes
330,687 238,260 10,286 5,395 2,540 1,579
%
55.1% 39.7% 1.7% 0.9% 0.4% 0.3%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
John Ensign (R) Jack Carter (D) David Schumann (IA) Brendan Trainor (LIBERT)