Public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5, presents a special Colores! episode honoring The Albuquerque Museum Foundation’s Notable New Mexican, Senator Pete V. Domenici. Colores! explores the remarkable life of “The Senator From New Mexico: Pete V. Domenici” airing Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Colores! is KNME-TV’s long-running, award-winning cultural affairs series, focusing on the art, music, history and culture of New Mexico and the American Southwest.
Press and colleagues from both sides of the aisle refer to Domenici as a “true legislative craftsman,” and a “consummate legislator” who always knows his subject matter well. Domenici enjoys a universal reputation as one of the Senate’s most influential, hardest working, most intelligent and intense members, and is said to possess a case of “terminal responsibility.”
Domenici, elected to the Albuquerque City Commission in 1966, served as commission chairman, equivalent to the current position of mayor. In 38 years, he was the first Republican from New Mexico to be elected to U.S. Senate (in 1972), and, with his re-election in 2002, became the first New Mexican elected to serve six full six-year terms, serving longer than any other New Mexican in history.
In the documentary, the senator shares his inspirations, triumphs, challenges and goals -- specifically, the lessons he learned growing up in Albuquerque when it was a small town, where he worked as a teacher, pitched for the Albuquerque Dukes baseball team and was a family man.
Colores! spends time with Domenici on Capitol Hill, meeting his peers, and learning firsthand of the hard work and reputation of a man deeply committed to improving the lives of Americans. Colores! Reveals how New Mexico has inspired Domenici through the years.
Entering its 16th season, KNME’s Colores! has received widespread recognition, this year winning three Southwest Regional Emmys and previously receiving a national Emmy Award nomination for community service. Colores! is seen across New Mexico and distributed nationally and internationally. For more information on the series, contact Michael Kamins, Executive Producer, 277-0434 or mkamins@knme.org.
Contacts: Evy Todd (505) 277-1218 or Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
Posted by kwentworth at March 25, 2005 09:55 AM