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> [In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/in-2004-i-ran-for-congress-and-lost-in-2006-i-ran-again-and-won/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

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## More by Jerry McNerney

> [I spent more than 20 years of my professional career researching and developing renewable energy sources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/i-spent-more-than-20-years-of-my-professional-career-researching-and/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

> [In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/in-2004-i-ran-for-congress-and-lost-in-2006-i-ran-again-and-won/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

> [I spent 10 years working on a math Ph.D., and I finally got kind of good at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/i-spent-10-years-working-on-a-math-ph-d-and-i-finally-got-kind-of/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

> [People come to me with their passion about transportation, about education, about health care, about agriculture, the dairy industry, the almond growers. I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/people-come-to-me-with-their-passion-about-transportation-about/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

> [I enjoyed like nothing else working in pure math, discovering new formulas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mcnerney/i-enjoyed-like-nothing-else-working-in-pure-math-discovering-new/)

[Jerry McNerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mcnerney/)

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