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Current office: U.S. Senate
Birth place: Tucson, AZ (05/18/1948)
Home city: Santa Fe, NM
Education: JD, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1977 BLL, Cambridge University, England, 1975 BA, Government, Political Science, Prescott College, 1970.
Profession: Attorney, Private Practice, Santa Fe, 1981-present Trial Lawyer, Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson and Schlenker, PA, 1985-1990 Chief Counsel, New Mexico Health and Environment Department, 1983-1984 Assistant United States Attorney, 1978-1981 Law Clerk, Chief Justice Oliver Seth, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-1978.
Political: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present New Mexico Attorney General, 1991-1999 Democratic Nominee, United States House of Representatives, 1988 Sought Democratic Nomination, United States House of Representatives, 1982.
Membership: Member, Democratic Hispanic Working Group Member, Education Task Force Co-Vice Chair, House Native American Caucus Member, Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus New Democrat Coalition Member, Rural Caucus Rural Health Care Coalition Steering Committee. President, National Association of Attorneys General, 1996 New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, 1986-1987 Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, Incorporated Former Board Member, La Compania de Teatro de Albuquerque Board Member, LAW FUND, Regional Environmental Public Interest Law Firm Leadership Award, National Commission Against Drunk Driving Public Service Award, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Legal Impact Award, New Mexico State Bar's Prosecution Section Past President/Former Board of Directors, Rio Chama Preservation Trust Board Member, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
First elected: 11/04/2008
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2014
Family: Wife: Jill Cooper; 1 Child: Amanda.
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Birth place: Tucson, AZ (05/18/1948)
Home city: Santa Fe, NM
Education: JD, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1977 BLL, Cambridge University, England, 1975 BA, Government, Political Science, Prescott College, 1970.
Profession: Attorney, Private Practice, Santa Fe, 1981-present Trial Lawyer, Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson and Schlenker, PA, 1985-1990 Chief Counsel, New Mexico Health and Environment Department, 1983-1984 Assistant United States Attorney, 1978-1981 Law Clerk, Chief Justice Oliver Seth, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-1978.
Political: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present New Mexico Attorney General, 1991-1999 Democratic Nominee, United States House of Representatives, 1988 Sought Democratic Nomination, United States House of Representatives, 1982.
Membership: Member, Democratic Hispanic Working Group Member, Education Task Force Co-Vice Chair, House Native American Caucus Member, Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus New Democrat Coalition Member, Rural Caucus Rural Health Care Coalition Steering Committee. President, National Association of Attorneys General, 1996 New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, 1986-1987 Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, Incorporated Former Board Member, La Compania de Teatro de Albuquerque Board Member, LAW FUND, Regional Environmental Public Interest Law Firm Leadership Award, National Commission Against Drunk Driving Public Service Award, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Legal Impact Award, New Mexico State Bar's Prosecution Section Past President/Former Board of Directors, Rio Chama Preservation Trust Board Member, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
First elected: 11/04/2008
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2014
Family: Wife: Jill Cooper; 1 Child: Amanda.
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News About Tom Udall
Albuquerque Journal
8.7.09 4:44 AM |
WASHINGTON Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, a history-making Senate vote that capped a summerlong debate heavy with ethnic politics...
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Albuquerque Journal
8.6.09 4:41 AM |
<!--indent--><!--endind-->Were the streetlights on the night pedestrian William Tenorio was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Santa Fe's Guadalupe Street in...
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Albuquerque Journal
8.3.09 3:37 AM |
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M, is headed home for a monthlong recess, having passed his first bill through the U.S. House -- a measure to secure permanent funding for research parks at national...
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Albuquerque Journal
8.1.09 5:09 AM |
<!--indent--><!--endind-->First the chaplain, then the blood, now the taker of the blood. <!--indent--><!--endind-->
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Albuquerque Journal
8.1.09 5:09 AM |
The District Attorney's Office on Friday rejected the notion that any wrongdoing took place during the investigation into vehicular homicide suspect Carlos Fierro, as has been alleged by defense...
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Albuquerque Journal
8.1.09 4:58 AM |
COLUMBUS -- The federal government is releasing nearly $2.4 million in stimulus funding to begin planning associated with the rebuilding the Columbus port of entry.
Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom...
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Albuquerque Journal
8.1.09 4:57 AM |
A New Mexico electric co-op, which says the House-approved cap-and-trade climate change bill could nearly double customer bills, delivered 500 letters this week to Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall...
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Albuquerque Journal
7.23.09 4:41 AM |
**Occupancy, Revenue Down From 2008 ** The latest report on hotel occupancy rates in Santa Fe continues to show a year-to-year drop.
For June, Santa Fe hotels had a 63.2 percent occupancy...
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Albuquerque Journal
7.22.09 4:34 AM |
A police chaplain tried to use the fear of God to "guilt" vehicular homicide suspect Carlos Fierro into confessing to the November hit-and-run of a San Felipe Pueblo man, according to Fierro's...
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Albuquerque Journal
7.18.09 3:54 AM |
<!--indent--><!--endind--> <b>Brasher Nixes Council Run</b><!--indent--><!--endind-->
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