Anemic Numbers on FEC Finance Reports highlight freshman’s weakness in the 11th CD’s population base.
In the latest filings with the FEC, congressman Jerry McNerney raised a total of $347,192.52 and reported a cash on hand total of $296,893.16. The amazing part about this is the total raised from San Joaquin County. Less than $4000 in itemized contributions were received from San Joaquin County. Stockton, by far, is the largest community in the 11th district and turned in $3550 to the McNerney fundraising effort. With another $850 from the rural portion of San Joaquin, that brings his total haul for San Joaquin County to $4400. Other San Joaquin communities did not even appear on the report including Tracy, Manteca, Lodi and Ripon.
Meanwhile, Stockton was eclipsed by such notable 11th district communities as Kew Gardens, NY ($4600), Tucson, AZ ($4600), Belvedere, CA ($4000), as well as the typical McNerney influx from Berkeley, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi came in $1450 ahead of Stockton with $5000 from her PAC to the Future (Haven’t seen any Syrian donations on his report though England was represented).
San Joaquin is by no means moving leftward if checkbooks are any indication. Despite the best efforts to clean him up and teach him how to hold a normal conversation by the DCCC, their hands will be quite full in trying to hold this seat in 2008. Fantasies of the leftist bloggers in Berkeley aside, the road to the 11th CD still runs through San Joaquin County.