Popular N.M. Senator Remembered for Dedication, Long Service To State
By John Robertson/ Journal State Editor
  This special section reviews the highlights of the life and career of Pete Domenici, New Mexico's longest-serving United States senator.

From the Publisher

The people first put their trust in Pete Domenici when they elected him to the Albuquerque City Commission. New Mexicans liked what they saw, so they sent the hardworking son of Italian immigrants to represent New Mexico in the United States Senate.

To say that he repaid that trust would be a huge understatement. Few have done as much for their state and their country. He worked tirelessly during his six terms in the Senate on behalf of his beloved New Mexico, and built a national legacy on issues ranging from the budget to energy independence.

He has distinguished himself as an honorable and ethical public servant, and we are pleased to publish this section in honor of his legacy. We wish Pete and his family all the best.

Gracias, mi amigo

T.H. Lang, Publisher

• Family, Faith and Hard Work Laid A Lifetime Foundation
  By Toby Smith/ Journal Staff Writer
    The little, sandy-haired boy stood at the gate in front of his house on Tijeras Street NW. As he had every night for almost a week, the boy called out a name, repeating it over and over. "Tubby!" he cried in a plaintive voice. "Tubby! Please come home!"
• Domenici Came Close To Attaining Baseball Dreams
  By Toby Smith / Journal Staff Writer
    Long before there were budget meetings on Capitol Hill, there were baseball games on the UNM hill.
• Duke City to D.C.
  By Michael Coleman/ Journal Washington Bureau
    Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., sat down in Albuquerque and Washington, D.C., recently with Journal Washington correspondent Michael Coleman to talk about his life and career.
• Fiscal 'Common Sense' Brought Balance To Budget
  Journal Staff Report
    Sen. Pete Domenici first rose to national prominence in the early 1980s as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and, in 1997, Congress approved the first balanced budget in more than three decades.
• Domenici Made Reviving Nuclear Power His Personal Crusade
  By John Fleck/ Journal Staff Writer
    Sen. Pete Domenici returned to his Washington, D.C., office late one evening in October 1997 after a meeting with congressional budget leaders.
• Champion of N.M.'s Labs
  By John Fleck/ Journal Staff Writer
    Pete Domenici loves to tell the story of Sunday drives as a boy in the family's Packard up into the Jemez Mountains northwest of Albuquerque.
• Victory on Mental Illness Act Came at Last Minute for Domenici
  By Olivier Uyttebrouck/ Journal Staff Writer
    Pete Domenici capped his 36-year Senate career in October with a political victory for which he had all but given up hope.
• Victory on Mental Illness Act Came at Last Minute for Domenici
  By Olivier Uyttebrouck/ Journal Staff Writer
    Pete Domenici capped his 36-year Senate career in October with a political victory for which he had all but given up hope.
• Domenici Was Advocate for N.M. Acequias
  By John Fleck/ Journal Staff Writer
    In summing up Pete Domenici's contributions to New Mexico, it would be easy to forget the acequias, the old water ditches that spiderweb outward from the rivers of Northern New Mexico into the villages that cover every farmable bit of bottomland.