Congressional candidate Chad Condit (Independent -10th District) was walking precincts in Oakdale during the past week and spreading the word that most of what is wrong with Washington is caused by partisan gridlock and the best way to end partisanship is to elect independent candidates who are not bound to either the Republicans or the Democrats. Condit is not claiming a party affiliation for the June 5 primary election. The district in which he is campaigning stretches from Tracy south to Turlock and Patterson east to Waterford and includes the cities of Oakdale, Riverbank and Escalon, Manteca and Ripon.