WASHINGTON — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Sunday, January 4, 2009 | 2:51 p.m. CST
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