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One-time Pleasanton resident Jerry McNerney announced he is retiring from Congress this week. McNerney won election in 2006, topping Republican incumbent Richard Pombo. The 11th district stretched from Pombo’s home turf in Tracy and San Joaquin County into the Tri-Valley. Pombo left himself vulnerable because he focused on the significant national issue of reforming the […]

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