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===Appointment===
===Appointment===
Heller was appointed by then-governor [[Brian Sandoval]] to the Senate seat vacated upon the announced resignation of [[John Ensign]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-heller-appointed-to-john-ensigns-senate-seat/ Dean Heller appointed to John Ensign's Senate seat]</ref> He later narrowly won the 2012 Senate election in Nevada to a full Senate term.<ref>[http://origin-www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/nevada 2012 Nevada Senate Results]</ref>
Heller was appointed by then-governor [[Brian Sandoval]] to the Senate seat vacated upon the announced resignation of [[John Ensign]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-heller-appointed-to-john-ensigns-senate-seat/ Dean Heller appointed to John Ensign's Senate seat]</ref> He later narrowly won the 2012 Senate election in Nevada to a full Senate term.<ref>[http://origin-www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/nevada 2012 Nevada Senate Results]</ref>
===Tenure===
Heller voted against two of three [[Obamacare]] repeal proposals in 2017.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html?mtrref=www.conservapedia.com&gwh=578C12EA8EF8707F0256DF14D20B6220&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals]</ref>
Sen. Heller campaigned and lobbied in late 2014 to become the head of the establishment [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]], ultimately losing to fellow RINO [[Roger Wicker]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/roger-wicker-national-republican-senatorial-committee-112865 Wicker to lead GOP Senate campaign committee]</ref>
===2018 U.S. Senate election in Nevada===
Opposed to [[Donald Trump]] since 2016,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823200453/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-gop-skeptics-224955 Trump skepticism hardens in GOP]</ref> Sen. Heller entered a tough re-election fight by 2018, especially after stating at a town hall that he “no problems with federal funding for Planned Parenthood”.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2017-08-25/dean-heller-faces-long-odds-because-of-trump The GOP's Political Pretzel]</ref> However, after potentially facing a primary challenger who was much more [[conservative]], Heller began to become more supportive of Trump.<ref>[https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/feb/20/gops-heller-warming-to-trump-before-primary/ Vulnerable Republican Dean Heller warming to Trump before primary]</ref>
Heller ultimately lost to liberal [[Democrat]] challenger [[Jacky Rosen]] in the general election by five percentage points.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_2018 United States Senate election in Nevada, 2018]</ref> His defeat was largely owed to abandonment by [[conservatives]] who supported [[Donald Trump]] but opposed the [[RINO]] senator.
==Political positions==
Known as a [[RINO]], Heller generally takes [[conservative]] positions but has overall been viewed as very moderate.<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/House/Dean_Heller.htm Dean Heller on the Issues]</ref>
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