Senator Pete V. Domenici, R-New Mexico
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Born May 7, 1932 in Albuquerque, New Mexico -
One of five children, and only son, of Italian immigrants -
Worked in father's wholesale grocery business -
Graduated 1950 from St. Mary's High School, Albuquerque -
Earned education degree, University of New Mexico, 1954 -
Pitched for Albuquerque Dukes -- a farm club for the old Brooklyn Dodgers, 1954 -
Left baseball to become math teacher at Garfield Junior High in Albuquerque, 1955 -
Earned law degree, University of Denver, 1958 -
Returned to Albuquerque, entered private practice, 1958 -
Married the former Nancy Burk, 1958 -
Domenici's have eight children - two sons and six daughters Political Experience -
Domenici elected to Albuquerque City Commission, 1966 -
Elected Commission Chairman (equivalent then to Mayor), 1967 -
First Republican in 38 years in New Mexico to be elected to U.S. Senate, 1972 -
With re-election in 1996, Domenici became the first New Mexican elected to serve five full six-year terms in the Senate.
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