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Senate Years of Service: 1973-2009 Party: Republican
DOMENICI, Pete Vichi, a Senator from New Mexico; born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County,
N.Mex., May 7, 1932; graduated, University of New Mexico 1954; graduated,
Denver University Law School 1958; admitted to the New Mexico bar in 1958 and
commenced practice in Albuquerque; elected to Albuquerque City Commission 1966,
chairman (ex-officio mayor) 1967; elected as a Republican to the United States
Senate in 1972; reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, and 2002, and served from
January 3, 1973, to January 3, 2009; chair, Committee on the Budget (One
Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One Hundred Seventh
Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]), Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congresses); was not a
candidate for reelection in 2008; died on September 13, 2017.
BibliographyDomenici, Pete, et al.,
A Changing America: Conservatives View the 80s from the United States
Senate. South Bend, Ind.: Regnery/Gateway, 1980.
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