CA-11: Pegram Doesn’t Know When McNerney was Elected
It appears Pegram believes McNerney is a freshman congressman ''swept in by the Obama wave.''
A former San Jose city councilman and police officer, Larry Pegram, intends to seek the Republican nomination to run against Jerry McNerney next year.
But first, he has to move into the district.
Republicans have hammered John Garamendi, a candidate for neighboring 10th Congressional seat, who lives just outside the district boundaries. It is a potential line of attack Pegram would need to be weary of when assembling local support from Republicans who may have lobbed such attacks on Garamendi.
That may be putting the cart before the horse, however, as Pegram exhibited an utter lack of knowledge of the district's history.
Asked why he chose to challenge McNerney rather than run in another district, Pegram replied, "The 11th is a Republican district, and it's a district that needs to get back into the Republican column. I think (McNerney) was swept in by the Obama wave." [emphasis added]
McNerney was "swept in by the Obama wave"? Hilarious, really.
Truth is McNerney defeated Richard Pombo in 2006, not 2008, by roughly six points after a 22 point drubbing in 2004. Last year, McNerney expanded his margin of victory to roughly 10 points, defeating Dean Andal.
Pegram's website features a bare-bones page on the district and it looks like he needs to do a little reading of his own. The site won't tell visitors anything about where he stands on the issues, but he'll gladly take their money anyway.
Updated Well, I can forget about that request to follow ever getting accepted.
