One of five children, and the only son, of Italian immigrants, Pete graduated in 1950 from St. Mary's High School, Albuquerque. After gaining a degree in education at the University of New Mexico, 1954, he pitched a season for the Albuquerque Dukes, a farm club for the former Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, but left baseball to teach math at Garfield Junior High in Albuquerque, 1955. Pete Domenici earned his law degree at the University of Denver (1958), and returned to practice law in Albuquerque.
In 1958 he married Nancy Burk. They have two sons and six daughters. Domenici started his political career by being elected to Albuquerque City Commission, 1966, then elected Commission Chairman (equivalent then to Mayor) in 1967. In 1972, he became the first Republican in 38 years in New Mexico to be elected to U.S. Senate, after losing the race for Governor two years before. He was re-elected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, and 2002. Domenici is Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy.
PeteDomenici earned his law degree at the University of Denver (1958), and returned to practice law in Albuquerque.
Domenici started his political career by being elected to Albuquerque City Commission, 1966, then elected Commission Chairman (equivalent then to Mayor) in 1967.
Domenici is Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy.
Peter "Pete" Vichi Domenici (born May 7, 1932) is an American politician and United States Senator from New Mexico.
Domenici, has been in the Senate longer than any other New Mexican, and is Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
As such, if Senator Domenici is still in the Senate when Ted Stevens retires or dies, and the Republicans are still in control, he will become President pro tempore of the Senate.
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