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Udall to run for Domenici’s Senate seat |
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By Jessica Holzer
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Posted: 11/10/07 06:42 PM [ET] |
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Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) will run for the Senate seat being vacated by New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, the Associated Press reported on Saturday, citing the congressman’s chief of staff. The move has thrown all three of New Mexico’s congressional seats into play, as the state’s other two congressmen, Republicans Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce, are also giving up their House seats to vie for the GOP nomination in the Senate race. Udall had declined at first to run for the seat, but changed his mind. He will face off against Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and other, lesser-known Democrats in the primary. Domenici recently announced that he would step down at the end of his term because of a terminal illness. |
