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DATE: FRIDAY, September 17, 1993                   TAG: 9309170067
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

DECONCINI, DURENBERGER TO QUIT SENATE

Embattled Sens. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn., and Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., whose re-election chances were clouded by allegations of improper conduct, announced Thursday they will retire rather than face voters in 1994.

Durenberger, a moderate Republican who frequently crossed party lines to vote with Democrats, has been indicted on charges that he padded his Senate expense account by seeking reimbursement for travel costs while he stayed in an out-of-town condominium he secretly owned. He was formally denounced by the Senate in 1990 for his conduct and is scheduled to go on trial in federal court in January.

DeConcini's political future was jeopardized by his intervention on behalf of savings and loan executive Charles Keating in the so-called "Keating 5" case. He also faced possible voter rejection because he switched sides at the last minute and voted for President Clinton's controversial tax-raising budget bill.

Their announcements bring to five the number of senators who have decided not to seek re-election next year.

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