Pearce and Wilson Battle for the Republican Senate Nomination Tuesday LAS CRUCES, NM (krwg) - When New Mexico's senior Senator Pete Domenici announced his retirement last year after 36 years in Washington; all three of the states incumbent members of the United States House of Representatives jumped at the chance to run for his vacated seat. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, unchallenged Democrat Tom Udall awaits the winner of the hotly contested Republican Primary between Representatives Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson. © Copyright 2009, krwg