Jerry McNerney

Democrat, State Senate

District 5, Stockton

Time in office:

Senate: 2024 to present

Official Website

News coverage of Jerry McNerney

Bio

Jerry McNerney, 74, returns to office after serving 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives – where he was known as Congress’ science guy. He recently was a policy advisor at a law firm in San Francisco, focused on artificial intelligence. Before he ran for Congress, McNerney earned a Ph.D in Mathematics, and worked in the clean energy industry, including work on wind turbine development, for 20 years.

Bill Activity

Of 33 bills:

9 Passed

3 Failed

21 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 33 bills: 9 passed, 3 failed, and 21 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

See all-time percentage of this legislator’s alignment with any organization based on total votes.

xx%votes: xx

Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

Candidate Contributions

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Defense

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Government Agencies/Education/Other

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Party

Transportation

Uncoded

Unitemized Contributions

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total

$902.3K

91.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity targeting a candidates run for office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total

$1.3M

1391.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$2.3M

299.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.

Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Giver	Value	Date	Description
University of California, Berkeley	$590	Nov 23, 2024	Ticket

Gifts

Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.

Gift Received Rating

#91/120

This legislator is ranked 91st highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Jerry McNerney

SB 1313

Public water systems: grants and loans: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

In Progress

Public water systems: grants and loans: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

SB 1275

Sales and use tax exemption: vehicle license fee imposition: motor vehicles.

In Progress

Sales and use tax exemption: vehicle license fee imposition: motor vehicles.

SB 1329

Personal income taxes.

In Progress

Personal income taxes.

SB 1406

Public Utilities Commission: contracting: audits.

In Progress

Public Utilities Commission: contracting: audits.

View All Bills

Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Standing