Claim: In February 2007 Domenici indicated his intention to run for re-election, changed his mind in October and in 2008 Pearce and Udall born 1948 won their respective nomination contests.
Evidence: On October 4, 2007, Domenici announced his decision not to seek re-election to the Senate in 2008 for health reasons (specifically, frontotemporal lobar degeneration).