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Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress

Official portrait of Sen. Pete V. Domenici

Pete V. Domenici

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · New MexicoSenate 1973–2009

Pete Domenici was a Republican U.S. senator from New Mexico, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 35 bills that became law (100th–110th Congress).

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481Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–110th Congress (excludes amendments)
105Passed a chamberof 481 bills & resolutions sponsored
35Became law33 substantive + 2 ceremonial · 100th–110th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Domenici has won

Sen. Domenici has won 5 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.8 to 45.9 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1978, NM Senate: won by 6.8 points1978NM Senate1984, NM Senate: won by 43.8 points19841990, NM Senate: won by 45.9 points19901996, NM Senate: won by 34.9 points19962002, NM Senate: won by 30.1 points2002
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 6.8 points1978, NM Senate
Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, New Mexico Senate (class 2)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Pete Domenici (R) 1978–2002 → Tom Udall (D) 2008–2014 → Ben Ray Luján (D) 2020. The seat is next on the ballot in 2026.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has New Mexico done while Sen. Domenici served?

2005 to 2008 in New Mexico: typical household income was up 5% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.3 points.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $76.2KNew Mexico $63.7K
New Mexico: $60.5K in 2005 → $63.7K in 2008
New Mexico up 5%U.S. up 2%
Share of people below the poverty lineNew Mexico 17.1%U.S. 13.2%
New Mexico: 18.5% in 2005 → 17.1% in 2008
New Mexico down 1.4 pointsU.S. about the same
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 6.4%New Mexico 6.0%
New Mexico: 7.3% in 2005 → 6.0% in 2008
New Mexico down 1.3 pointsU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New Mexico during Domenici’s time representing it (1973 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for New Mexico begin in 2005, so 1973 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 42 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored42Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed8See the 8 →
With a committee report listed6See the 6 →
With a Congress.gov note2See the 2 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed
October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.