Word: pete
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...remain convinced that a balanced budget will also provide enormous benefits for students, as it will result in lower interest rates for future student loans," said Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.), head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
...touting the Ohio Governor and sent a copy of it to Dole. Governor John Engler of Michigan used his job as chairman of the Republican Governors' Association to flood Washington with press releases of his own ("RGA Chairman Governor John Engler Praises Dole for Taking On Judicial Activism"). Governor Pete Wilson of California slipped into Washington for dinners with columnists...
...their eagerness to show off for the nominee, the candidates attacked one another, creating a race within the race. Aides to Voinovich let it be known that Engler was not well liked by his fellow Governors. Pete Wilson's lieutenants derided the star power of Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson. And Illinois Governor Jim Edgar criticized Engler in the New York Times for spending so much time hobnobbing in the capital...
...Iceman. Governor Pete Wilson of California could have had the job if he hadn't run against Dole last year and in the process sent his own statewide poll ratings plunging to the mid 30s (a Wilson spokesman insists his boss's popularity is actually broader). At 62, Wilson is now looking toward 2000, as he demonstrated two weeks ago when, instead of supporting the Dole position, he repeated his opposition to the antiabortion plank in the party platform. Though Dole and Wilson (and their wives) were once close, the Senator now finds the Governor occasionally confusing. Wilson recently took...
...more moderate Republicans, like Nancy Kassebaum and Mark Hatfield, who are not seeking reelection would have left." Two other Senator might be candidates for the position. Senator Don Nickles of Oklahoma, who might forego the opportunity to be majority leader and seek the position of majority whip and Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico, a longtime friend of Bob Dole. "If either of these men decides to declare their candidacy, they will probably drain votes away from the conservative Lott," says Carney. -->