2012 U.S. Senate Election
Berkley announced that she will run for the United States Senate in April 2011 to succeed John Ensign, who resigned amidst an ethics scandal. She secured the Democratic nomination in the June primary and faced Senator Dean Heller in the November elections. She narrowly lost the election.
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