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Ben Lujan, speaker of NM House of Representatives, dies
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Contributor | Mr. Matt |
Last Edited | Mr. Matt Dec 19, 2012 02:05pm |
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Author | Associated Press |
News Date | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | SANTA FE - House Speaker Ben Lujan, one of the most powerful and longest serving state legislators in New Mexico history and the father of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, died late Tuesday at age 77 after a long battle with lung cancer, a spokesman for his son said.
He died at about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday after a brief stay at CHRISTUS St. Vincent's hospital in Santa Fe, Andrew Stoddard, a spokesman for Congressman Lujan, said early Wednesday.
Ben Lujan, a Democrat from Nambe, announced his battle with the illness and his planned retirement at the opening of the 2012 legislative session. He spent half of his life as a state lawmaker, winning his first election to the House in 1974. Only one other House member, Democrat Nick Salazar, served longer than Lujan, according to the Legislative Council Service. |
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