Jerry McNerney is the Democrat trying to unseat him.
From my
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All indications are that, with our continued hard work, John Kerry will be the 44th president of the United States. However, in order not to allow the Republicans to do to Kerry what they so successfully did to Bill Clinton in the 90's, we need to get back the Senate and House.
This is a critical time in our country's history. The Republicans have spent 30 years building up an electoral infrastructure and changing the political language so as to give the the term "conservative" the moral high ground in the minds of a majority of the electorate. Patriots like George Soros are readying return fire in that fight. But it will take action by all of us, especially those of us with the means to contribute, to take back our country.
In these closing days of the campaign please give liberally to the fight against those who would repeal the political gains of the last seventy years. I personally will do everything in my power to help save our democracy. I ask you to do no less.
[Local race info below the fold]
This race is of personal interest to me, as Jerry is trying to unseat the only Republican congressman in the San Francisco Bay Area. His opponent, Richard Pombo, is not just any Republican. He is the chair of the House Resources Committee, and is about as anti-environment and right-wing as they come.
Jerry McNerney, Ph. D (Mathematics), on the other hand, is a centrist Democrat and a seasoned entrepreneur in the field of Wind Power. His career has been spent bringing the sustainable resource of Wind Power to the point that it is now a viable alternative to conventional power sources. Concerning the environment, and energy policy in particular, he knows whereof he speaks.
Please join me in helping Jerry bring a New Energy to the congress.
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