{"id":2310,"date":"2007-10-03T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/domenici-is-retiring-in-2008-washington-post-reports\/"},"modified":"2007-10-03T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-03T20:54:00","slug":"domenici-is-retiring-in-2008-washington-post-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/domenici-is-retiring-in-2008-washington-post-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Domenici is retiring in 2008, Washington Post reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RwQB1Ss9K_I\/AAAAAAAADh0\/isqbN8WwjQc\/s1600-h\/Domenici,+Pete.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RwQB1Ss9K_I\/AAAAAAAADh0\/isqbN8WwjQc\/s200\/Domenici,+Pete.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117217091664817138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a>, <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u2019s senior senator, is expected to announce on Thursday that he is retiring next year, the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/2007\/10\/sen_pete_domenici_expected_to.html?nav=rss_blog\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a> is reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Domenici\u2019s office would not confirm the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAt this point, we have no comment,\u201d spokeswoman Courtney Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">More later, but this obviously would set off a huge domino effect in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> politics if it\u2019s true. Now you have the immediate news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Update, 3:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Associated Press has become the second news outlet to get confirmation of Domenici\u2019s retirement, citing \u201cRepublican officials\u201d in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/appete10-03-07.htm\" target=\"_blank\">an article<\/a>. The news service reported that Domenici will make the announcement Thursday in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Domenici\u2019s campaign finance director, Heidi Fuller, told me she had no comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Update, 3:25 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have received independent confirmation from a reliable source that Domenici will make the announcement on Thursday that he is retiring in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, New Mexico\u2019s senior senator, is expected to announce on Thursday that he is retiring next year, the Washington Post is reporting. Domenici\u2019s office would not confirm the report. \u201cAt this point, we have no comment,\u201d spokeswoman Courtney Sanders said. More later, but this obviously would set off a huge domino effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}