About Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the Senate, making him the longest-tenured U.S. Senator in the state's history. To date, Domenici is the last Republican to be elected to the Senate from New Mexico. He was succeeded by Democratic U.S. Representative Tom Udall. King won the election with 148,835 votes (51 percent) to Domenici's 134,640 (46 percent). One of the first issues that Domenici concerned himself with was waterway usage fees, in spite of his state lacking any waterway capable of commercial traffic - although it did have a prominent railway industry. He received criticism for his environmental record and extramarital affair. Senate and became the first New Mexico Republican to be elected to the position in 38 years.
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