of his daughters has schizophrenia; this reportedly influenced his decision to become a strong supporter of legislation providing for parity in insurance coverage for mental illness. Helen ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018 as a Republican nominee in District 19, but did not win the general election. During the 1970s, Domenici fathered a child, Adam Laxalt, with Michelle Laxalt, a Republican staffer and lobbyist and the daughter of Domenici's then-Senate colleague, Nevada Republican Paul Laxalt; this fact was kept secret until 2013. In 2013, Domenici, then 80, acknowledged the affair and his son, saying he was "very sorry" for his behavior. Adam Laxalt ran for Attorney General of Nevada in the 2014 election and defeated Democrat Ross Miller. Laxalt was the Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada in the 2018 election, losing to Steve Sisolak, and the Republican nominee for Senator in the 2022 midterms, losing to Catherine Cortez Masto. Death Domenici died on September 13, 2017, at the age of 85, at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from complications that resulted from abdominal surgery. His funeral was held on the morning of September 16 in Albuquerque. Bibliography "A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy" (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004. ) "Advanced Nuclear Technologies — Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate" (Collingdale, Pennsylvania: D I A N E Publishing Company, 1999. ), which he edited. See also Energy Policy Act of 2005, sponsored by Senator Domenici and Representative Joe Barton. New Mexico State University's Domenici Institute. List of federal political sex scandals in the United States References Further reading Fenno, Richard. The emergence of a Senate leader: Pete Domenici and the Reagan budget (1991) online free to borrow External links Pete V. Domenici news. – The New York Times. – collected news and commentary |- |- |- |- |- |- 1932 births 2017 deaths 21st-century American politicians New Mexico city council members New Mexico Republicans Mayors of Albuquerque, New Mexico Republican Party United States senators from New Mexico Sturm College of Law alumni University of New Mexico alumni Educators from New Mexico New Mexico lawyers Albuquerque Dukes players Baseball players from New Mexico University of Albuquerque alumni Bipartisan Policy Center 20th-century American lawyers American people of Italian descent