NWMA's Skaer says November general election will be significant for U.S. miners, explorers Northwest Mining Association Executive Director Laura Skaer recently reminded Nevada miners that the November general election will have major significance for U.S. miners with the election of a new U.S. President and a new Congress. In a presentation to the recent Nevada Mining Association convention at Lake Tahoe, Skaer said the bad news for mining is that key western senators, supportive of the domestic mining industry are retiring including powerful New Mexico senator Pete Domenici, Colorado Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard, and Idaho Senator Larry Craig. However, pro-mining Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will probably replace Domenici as the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Skaer noted. Meanwhile, Skaer advised that a new presidential administration-no matter who wins-will probably appoint a new Secretary of the Interior to replace Dirk Kempthorne....