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McNerney Victory One of the Biggest on a Big Night for Environmentalists
With the support of hundreds of volunteers from the Sierra Club and other environmental and labor organizations, wind power consultant Jerry McNerney defeated seven-term California Congressman Richard Pombo, the powerful House Resources Chair and one of the most anti-environmental members of Congress.
McNerney lost by 22 percentage points to Pombo in 2004, but on Election Day and in the months leading up to it, volunteers went door-to-door and made phone calls in Pleasanton, San Ramon, and Danville, and helped turn the tide against Pombo.
Below are photos of Club volunteers and staff canvassing, phonebanking, and celebrating on and leading up to Election Day.
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Congressman-elect Jerry McNerney talking to the press a few hours after the polls have closed, but before his victory is confirmed.
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Actress Jennifer Garner firing up volunteers to go knock on doors in support of McNerney.
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Volunteers works the phones at the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund office in Pleasanton.
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Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope going door-to-door to get out the vote in Pleasanton.
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A happy phonebanker in the Pleasanton office.
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Club volunteer Patricia Jones getting out the vote in Danville.
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Two canvassers resting outside the office before heading out for their evening shift (flashlights required).
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Former Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey, who ran against Pombo in the primary, at the McNerney party.
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Club staffer Julia Reitan, right, and her husband Stan, resting after four days of canvassing for McNerney.
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Myke Bybee, Club D.C. staffer who came to California to work on the McNerney campaign for seven weeks, and Bruce Hamilton, Club conservation director, who canvassed Saturday through Election Day, smelling victory.
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Photos by John Byrne Barry and Eric Antebi.
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