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Congressman, sharon engel will actually be the first one in a campaign there. >> right. she has already announced that she was going to run for that seat in anticipation of something like this happening. she still has to run. now remember she lost to senate majority leader harry reid for the majority leader senate seat. so it's un -- maybe she'll have better luck in a smaller pool of voters. instead of the entire state. and getting into the halls of congress. >> and how much harm can she do in the house of representatives, right? that's what the voters of that district will be asking themselve...

Congresswoman shelley berkeley in nevada, who has said that she wants to run for ensign's seat. so what ends up happening now because of ensign's resignation, the governor gets to appoint ensign's successor. that's going to be a republican, most likely dean heller, and the democrat who has already announced that she was going to run for the race, congresswoman berkeley, is now finding herself running against presumably an incumbent in 2012 instead of an open seat. >> jonathan, as you just took us through the dominos falling there, my mind is reeling back now to realize that it is senator ensig...

Which would give heller a leg up in the 2012 election. he has a democratic opponent who has already announced, congresswoman shelley berkeley in nevada, who has said that she wants to run for ensign's seat. so what ends up happening now because of ensign's resignation, the governor gets to appoint ensign's successor. that's going to be a republican, most likely dean heller, and the democrat who has already announced that she was going to run for the race, congresswoman berkeley, is now finding herself running against presumably an incumbent in 2012 instead of an open seat. >> jonathan, as you ...

How they do it, but the senator -- i'm sorry, the governor appoints someone to fill that senate seat. and sometimes it could be until a special election. sometimes it could be until the end of the term, and that person would have to run. but what this sets up in nevada is a chain reaction. so governor brian sanderval, the new governor of nevada, is a republican. he is expected to appoint congressman dean heller, who is a republican. sharon angle has already announced that she was going to run to fill congressman heller's seat, because he had already announced that he was going to run for the n...