A Quote by 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.

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Jerry McNerney
American - Politician
Born: June 18, 1951

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening, so much life in the city ran into death according to rule, time and tide waited for no man, the rats were sleeping close together in their dark holes again, the Fancy Ball was lighted up at supper, all things ran their course.

Charles Dickens

I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power.

Chris Murphy

Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term.

George Pataki

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

George Clooney

I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.

Madonna Ciccone

I served on a lot of the local boards in my local community, and then I ran for the state legislature in '98 and ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006. I mean, it was just kind of one thing after another. A series of really bad decisions.

Jon Tester

President George Herbert Walker Bush ran as a strong conservative, ran to continue the third term of Ronald Reagan, continue the Ronald Reagan revolution. Then he raised taxes and in '92 ran as an establishment moderate - same candidate, two very different campaigns.

Ted Cruz

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

Mort Sahl

I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.

Chuck Palahniuk

I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But i didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lip. I ran

Khaled Hosseini

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years.

Lois Frankel

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.

Bobby Jindal

When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran for Congress, it was 'Kean's son to run for Congress.'

Thomas Kean, Jr.

When I was 33 years old, I ran for United States Congress in New York City. I lost miserably.

Reshma Saujani

John McCain has not been president of the United States. He ran. He ran a spirited campaign. We lost. I hated to see us lose, but there were a lot of things working against us.

Richard Shelby

I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body.

Josephine Baker

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