NEW MEXICO’S LONGEST SERVING SENATOR HAS DIED. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS FORMER SENATOR PETE DOMENICI DIED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE WAS 85 YEARS OLD.
DOMENICI SUFFERED A SETBACK WHILE RECOVERING FROM RECENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. HE’D BEEN IN INTENSIVE CARE AT THE HOSPITAL. DOMENICI WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN HE DIED AND HIS FAMILY SAID HE WAS NOT IN PAIN.
HIS DEATH COMES ON THE OPENING DAY OF HIS ANNUAL DOMENICI PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE IN LAS CRUCES.
