Grassroots hero Bill Perkins: "McNerney’s man in Manteca"

Bill Perkins, a Democratic Party activist that spearheaded Congressman McNerney's field campaign in Manteca, just got a nice write-up in the Manteca Bulletin:

McNerney’s man in Manteca already working on 2008 re-election bid
By Jason Campbell
Manteca Bulletin
Sunday, February 4, 2007

When the election results rolled in back in November, Bill Perkins had something to smile about.

The San Joaquin County Democratic Central Committee Chairman had spent months leading up to the opening of the polls canvassing and campaigning for Jerry McNerney, who handily defeated seven-time incumbent Richard Pombo in a highly Republican district where he was pegged as a shoe-in for reelection for the majority of the campaign.

And even though McNerney has gone to Washington, Perkins’ personal commitment to the Democratic Party and his allegiance to McNerney haven’t slowed a bit.

“We’re working on the 2008 campaign right now,” said Perkins, who took a large role in Central Valley political circles after moving to Manteca four years ago. “Everybody was excited that he pulled it off, but we realized that we only had two years to make sure we were ready for the next election.”

For the majority of his younger days, Perkins always associated himself with the ideals and platforms of the Republican Party never thinking that he would at one time be throwing himself into the campaigns of rival Democrats...

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