Jerry McNerney was first elected to Congress in 2006 to serve portions of San Joaquin, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties. He retired from Congress in 2023 after serving for 16 years. He served on the Veterans Affairs Committee, the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

During his time in Congress authoring the Traumatic Brain Injury Law, provided innumerable individual veteran benefits, and fought relentlessly for the new CBOC veterans’ health facility near French Camp now serving the region’s veterans.

In Congress, McNerney became the congressional expert on energy, water and tech issues including chairing the Artificial Intelligence Caucus, the Congressional Grid Innovation Caucus, and the WiFi Caucus. He authored the AI in Government Act.

Senator McNerney served in Congress for 16 years.

McNerney holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Prior to serving in Congress, he spent 20+ years as an engineer and consultant in the energy and clean energy industry, helping develop cutting-edge wind technologies and wind turbines.

McNerney and his wife, Mary, have been married since 1977. His oldest son, Michael, served as an officer in the US Air Force and is now a serial entrepreneur in cyber security living in the Bay Area with his wife and two children. McNerney’s daughter, Margaret, is a Ph.D. neuroscientist working at the Palo Alto VA and teaching at Stanford. His son, Greg, is a Ph.D. biophysicist and now works at Intel Corporation in Beaverton, OR.