Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney makes a big score:
Stockton’s Republican mayor, Ed Chavez, is crossing party lines to endorse the re-election bid of U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton).
McNerney’s campaign announced Chavez’s endorsement Thursday, with Chavez saying the congressman has been a consistent presence across the district since he was elected two years ago.
“I have been impressed with what Congressman McNerney has done in his short tenure in office. He’s back in California every weekend – in fact, it’s nearly impossible to spend a Saturday in Stockton without running into him,” Chavez said in a press release from McNerney’s campaign.
Stockton is the hometown of GOP candidate Dean Andal, a former state Assemblyman. While many Beltway progs were hyping McNerney as a “one-term wonder” after his 2006 win, his chances of re-election are looking brighter by the day.
SSP currently rates this race as Lean Democratic.
since much of it has been Gerrymandered into the 18th. Part of Stockton and pretty much all the surround area is all in the 11th though. Nice endorsement, nevertheless.
McNerney’s fate is in the hands of the Obama Administration. If they deliver some big legislative wins (health care?) and don’t mishandle the carbon cap situation, then McNerney lives through 2010 and is redistricted into Nirvana.