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• NM-Sen: Another (R) retirement on tap?

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:20 pm

  Tags: Nm Sen, Senate, New Mexico, 2008, Heather Wilson, Pete Domenici

  senate seat held by Senator Domenici--just in case. Domenici is indeed running for a seventh term in '08, but frail health is the opponent that could keep him out of the race. He is 75. Frail health and the U.S. Attorney scandal, a potent combination. Remember, Domenici was the guy caught wandering the capitol aimlessly in his pajamas. When

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• KY-Sen, OR-Sen, NM-Sen, MN-Sen: Latest numbers

  Published: August 22, 2007, 12:13 pm

  Tags: Ky Sen, Sen, Nm Sen, New Mexico, Oregon, Kentucky, Senate, 2008, Mitch Mcconnell, Gordon Smith, Pete Domenici, Mn Sen, Minnesota, Norm Coleman

  disapprove of the job Pete Domenici is doing as United States Senator? Approve 53 (55) Disapprove 41 (41) Oregon Do you approve or disapprove of the job Gordon Smith is doing as United States Senator? Approve 46 (48) Disapprove 44 (43) You are in serious trouble if your job approval ratings are under 50 percent.

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• Na, na, na, I'm not listening

  Published: September 9, 2007, 11:14 am

  Tags: Bushist, Rohrabacher, Nsf, Wapo, Iraq, Domenici, Astronomy

  Dana Rohrabacher and Pete Domenici? Nope, they're not funding a few NSF table scraps out of money saved extricating ourselves from Bushist

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• NM-Sen: Domenici to retire

  Published: October 3, 2007, 5:48 pm

  Tags: Nm Sen, New Mexico, Senate, 2008, Pete Domenici

  quits. Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing field for Republicans next November. Domenici has struggled with health problems over the last several years and has

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• Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) retiring

  Published: October 3, 2007, 4:44 pm

  Tags: 2008 Elections, Pete Domenici

  Democrats in the Senate. Domenici has been an institution in the Senate, although a rapidly faltering institution lately: Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing

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• So That's Who Started The Senate Fires: It’s official: Pete Domenici isn’t ...

  Published: October 3, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: New Mexico, Pete Domenici, Quicklinks, Republicans, Senate, So That S Who Started The Senate Fires

  It’s official: Pete Domenici isn’t running again and the Dems just picked up another Senate seat. AP/Guardian]

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• So That's Who Started The Senate Fires: It’s official: Pete Domenici isn’t ...

  Published: October 3, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: New Mexico, Pete Domenici, Quicklinks, Republicans, Senate, So That S Who Started The Senate Fires

  It’s official: Pete Domenici isn’t running again and the Dems just picked up another Senate seat. AP/Guardian]

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• Domenici Is Set to Retire From Senate

  Published: October 4, 2007, 3:18 pm

  Tags: Domenici, Set, Retire, From, Senate

  Senate Republicans are bracing for another potentially costly 2008 retirement, with veteran Sen. Pete V. Domenici (N.M.) expected to announce today that he will not seek a seventh term.

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• Citing Health, GOP's Domenici Says He'll Retire From Senate

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Citing, Health, Gop S, Domenici, Says, He Ll, Retire, From, Senate, Pete Domenici, New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bill Richardson Politician, Charles Schumer, Heather Wilson, Mitch Mcconnell, Albuquerque City Commission, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, United States

  Sen. Pete V. Domenici told a gathering of family members and supporters in Albuquerque that he has been diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease and will not seek a seventh term next year.

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• Rep. Wilson to Seek Domenici's N.M. Seat

  Published: October 5, 2007, 5:42 pm

  Tags: Rep, Wilson, Seek, Domenici S, N M, Seat

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Rep. Heather Wilson intends to seek the Senate seat being vacated in New Mexico by fellow Republican Pete Domenici, the Associated Press has learned.

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• Dementia

  Published: October 7, 2007, 5:14 pm

  Tags: Nyt, Dementia, Republican, Gop, Domenici, Politics

  personal tragedy that Pete Domenici (R-NM) has a progressive, judgement-destroying dementia. It's also a powerful metaphor for the Republican Party.The further irony is that the GOP will not demand the resignation of someone who is medically and incurably unfit to serve, while it will demand the resignation of someone who pled guilty to

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• NM-Sen: Chavez in

  Published: October 8, 2007, 4:36 pm

  Tags: Martin Chavez, Nm Sen, New Mexico, Senate, 2008, Heather Wilson, Pete Domenici

  announcement that Sen. Pete Domenici will not run for Senate next year [...] Currently, Don Wiviott is the candidate for Senate that progressives like.  And Wiviott will have money to play with, having loaned his campaign $400,000 with a pledge to spend up to a million on the campaign.  Chavez will have to start fundraising from

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• COUNTDOWN

  Published: October 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Countdown, New Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson Politician, Ellen Degeneres, John Mccain, Pete Domenici, V Lance Tarrance

  PLAYERS Vying for the title of shortest-lived consulting firm in history, the polling and public affairs outfit known as RWT Strategies has disbanded after just a month. In a release announcing the firm's formation on Sept. 6, longtime pollster V. Lance Tarrance proclaimed that "our cumulative ex...

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• Udall to Run for Domenici's Senate Seat

  Published: November 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Udall, Run, For, Domenici S, Senate, Seat, Tom Udall, Pete Domenici, Tom Nagle, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, The Associated Press, Heather Wilson, Mark Udall, Morris K Udall, Steve Pearce, Stewart L Udall, Wayne Allard

  SANTA FE, N.M., Nov. 10 -- Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) will run for the Senate seat that will be vacated by Republican Pete V. Domenici, an aide to the congressman said Saturday.

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• Negotiators Close In on Energy Measure

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Close, Energy, Measure, John Dingell, United States, Harry Reid, Pete Domenici, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Acciona Sa, Chrysler Holding Llc, David Friedman, Nancy Pelosi, North America, Peter C

  Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on the components of an energy bill that would boost fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and require vast increases in the use of biofuels, according to congressional aides and lobbyists.

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