Republican
Pombo was challenged in the primary by former Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey, perhaps best known for challenge to Richard Nixon's re-election bid in 1972. McCloskey last ran for office in 1982, when he left the San Francisco Bay Area House seat he had held for 16 years to run for a U.S. Senate seat (he lost in the primary). McCloskey had been endorsed by the Sacramento Bee, the San Jose Mercury News, and the League of Conservation Voters.
McCloskey attacked Pombo on the Iraq war as well as Pombo's ethics and longstanding reputation as an anti-environmentalist. Critics of Pombo noted that as chair of the House Resources Committee, "Pombo has been an advocate of easing land-use regulations throughout his House career, and is spearheading efforts to scale back the Endangered Species Act (which McCloskey helped author in 1973)." A third candidate joined the race, businessman Thomas A. Benigno, who had run against Pombo and received 13 percent of the vote in the 2002 Republican primary.
| California's 11th congressional district Republican primary, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Richard Pombo (incumbent) | 35,493 | 62.4% | ||
| Pete McCloskey | 18,132 | 31.9% | ||
| Tom A. Benigno | 3,263 | 5.7% | ||
| Total votes | 56,888 | 100.0% | ||
Read more about this topic: California's 11th Congressional District Election, 2006, Primary Campaign and Results
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Republican can refer to:
- An advocate of a republic, a form of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is generally associated with the rule of law
- Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism
- Republicanism in Australia
- Republicanism in Canada
- Republicanism in New Zealand
- Republicanism in the United Kingdom
- Classical republicanism, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance
- Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism
- A member of a Republican Party:
- List of Republican Parties, a complete listing
- Republican Party (United States), a conservative party in the U.S.
- Fianna Fáil, a centrist Irish party also known as the Republican Party
- List of Republican People's Parties, a complete listing
- Institutions or supporters of particular governments that called themselves republics, including:
- List of republics, a complete listing
- Roman Republic, as well as supporters of the Republic during the Roman Empire
- Second Spanish Republic, during the Spanish Civil War, as well as its supporters
- Various French Republics, most notably the First Republic established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic, the first post-Revolution republic in France.
- Irish republicanism, a faction in the Irish independence movement supportive of a complete break with the United Kingdom
- Republican City, Nebraska, a village in Nebraska, United States
- Republican River, a river in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas in the United States
- The Republican (Springfield), a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts
- The Woodville Republican, a weekly newspaper published in Woodville, Mississippi
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