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Domenici retires

Sen. Pete Domenici retires after nearly 50 years.

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Pete Domenici's candidate photograph for the 1966 Albuquerque City Commission revealed a young lawyer on the rise. He was elected to the commission — the forerunner to today's City Council — and later became a U.S. senator.
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Sen. Pete Domenici's homegrown charm was key to his longstanding popularity. In this 1984 picture, the Albuquerque Republican chats with Rialle Sidwell at the Tularosa Community Center in southern New Mexico. Domenici is expected to announce he will not seek re-election in 2008 after six terms.
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1970: While running for governor against Bruce King, Sen. Pete Domenici helps his daughter Paula with her pajamas. Nanette, 4, sits on his lap as Nella, 9, stands behind the group. Domenici was in his first term as an Albuquerque city commissioner at the time.
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1972: Domenici wades into a crowd of supporters on the night he defeated Jack Daniels of Hobbs to win a U.S. Senate seat from New Mexico.
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1982: Domenici, with South Carolina Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, built much of his career on an inside-and-out knowledge of the federal budget. His work on the Senate Budget Committee was lauded by members on both sides of the aisle in the 1980s and '90s.
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2006: Domenici greets President George Bush as Gov. Bill Richardson looks on at Bush's arrival in Roswell. Bush spoke at a fund-raiser for Domenici's re-election campaign last month.
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1998: Pete Domenici holds court as he attends a news conference to talk about plans for a light-rail system in Albuquerque in 1998. Domenici, a budget hawk, is well known for bringing federal money to New Mexico projects.
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