Word: domenici
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...Mexico, which will hold its convention this weekend, is a good example. The President early had the support of U.S. Senator Pete Domenici and Congressman Manuel Lujan Jr. But as state senator Leo Dow, who is Reagan's state chairman, sees it: "All they seemed to do was add more names for steering committees and take the whole thing for granted." Dow took the opposite approach. He began recruiting volunteers, including some who had been inactive since Barry Gold water's 1964 campaign and some who were new to politics. One such recruit: Ernie Leger, 46, an Albuquerque...
...been a blessing to millions of Americans. But because of widespread cheating and skyrocketing costs, the system is fast becoming a national scandal. This week the Senate Subcommittee on Long-Term Medical Care is holding hearings in Washington on Medicaid fraud in clinical laboratories. Says Subcommittee Member Pete Domenici, a Republican from New Mexico: "The system is ripe for plucking. Medicaid ranks as one of the highest ripped-off federal programs...
...Pete V. Domenici, 42, an all-conference pitcher at the University of New Mexico, found the political strike zone in 1972 when he won a seat in the U.S. Senate. The son of Italian immigrants, Lawyer Domenici was elected a city commissioner in Albuquerque in 1966, city chairman a year later, and he pushed hard for Model Cities and urban-renewal programs. Though he lost a gubernatorial bid in 1970, two years later this once liberal Republican endorsed right-wing positions against gun control and abortion and won 54% of the vote in his Senate race. In his rookie term...
Nixon took New Mexico's four electoral votes with 64 per cent of the popular total and his coattails helped Peter Domenici become the first Republican Senator from the state since 1928. Domenici beat Democrat Jack Daniels, known locally at the "Broderick Crawford of New Mexico politics...
...MEXICO. The New Mexico seat that aging, ailing Liberal Democrat Clinton Anderson, 77, decided to surrender after 24 years will probably fall to a conservative Republican in this election. Former Albuquerque Mayor Pete V. Domenici, 40, who ran for Governor two years ago and lost, is expected to make it for higher office this time. The margin of his predicted win over Banker and Insurance Man Jack Daniels, 48, depends to a certain extent on personality. Domenici is a breathless, ebullient crowd pleaser, while strong, low-key Jack Daniels, in contrast, is a diffident public speaker who prefers to press...