Gerald "Jerry" McNerney (born June 18, 1951) is an engineer, energy specialist, and politician from the U.S. state of California. McNerney, a Democrat, won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2006 House election, defeating incumbent Richard Pombo in California's 11th congressional district, which includes parts of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley as well as parts of Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara counties in the Ba...
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Gerald "Jerry" McNerney (born June 18, 1951) is an engineer, energy specialist, and politician from the U.S. state of California. McNerney, a Democrat, won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2006 House election, defeating incumbent Richard Pombo in California's 11th congressional district, which includes parts of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley as well as parts of Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara counties in the Bay Area.
McNerney holds a Ph.D in mathematics.
Jerry McNerney was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended St. Joseph's Military Academy in Hays, Kansas and, for two years, the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving West Point, he enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where he received a bachelor's, master's and, in 1981, a Ph.D in mathematics. McNerney and Mary, his wife of 29 years, have lived and raised their children in Pleasanton, California since 1990. Their oldest son, Michael, is a reserve officer in the US...
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