Fourteen-year incumbent Representative Richard Pombo of Tracy is in a tough primary fight on June 6th that will determine who will be the GOP candidate to represent the 11th Congressional District. Pombo is being challenged by Pete McCloskey, a 78 year-old attorney and former Peninsula lawmaker who was first elected to Congress in 1967, and who came out of retirement in January to run against Pombo. Pete McCloskey served for 15 years in Congress where he co-authored the 1973 Endangered Species Act, opposed the Vietnam War and called for President Nixon’s impeachment. Pombo, a 45 year-old rancher, is chairman of the House Resources Committee, and has advocated rewriting the Endangered Species Act and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. The conservative and moderate Republican candidates faced off in a heated debate on Monday night.
With:
Rachel Gordon.
Airdate: May 19, 2006.
Additional Resources
Pombo may be up against toughest re-election bid
Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times
McCloskey, Pombo trade heated words
Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times
Politics turns to war in Pombo's district
Hank Shaw, The Record
Pombo in the hot seat
Rebecca F. Johnson, Oakland Tribune
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