Ro KhannaIncumbent
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 17
Ro Khanna is a Democrat in the U.S. House. He is the incumbent for California's 17th Congressional District. The seat covers much of Silicon Valley. He has held it since January 3, 2017. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1998. It came from the University of Chicago. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2001. Before Congress, Khanna worked as an attorney and a law professor. He served in the U.S. Department of Commerce. His post there was Deputy Assistant Secretary. That was during the Obama administration. He also served on the California Workforce Development Board. In the current 2025-2026 Congress, he serves on the House Armed Services Committee. He is the ranking member of one of its subcommittees. That one covers Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems. He also serves on the Select Committee on U.S.-China Strategic Competition. He sits on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as well. He won the 2026 primary election. He seeks another term in the November 2026 general election. Born 1976. Home: the Silicon Valley area, in California's 17th Congressional District. The district includes cities such as Fremont, Cupertino, and Santa Clara. Occupation: U.S. Representative (current elected office). He was once an attorney and a law professor. He was also a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior office: incumbent since January 2017, now in his fifth term. He held no elected office before Congress.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to at least $17/hour, expanding manufacturing jobs, paid family leave, and worker training, while opposing certain tariffs he views as raising consumer costs.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports defending and strengthening the ACA, protecting Medicaid from cuts, lowering prescription drug prices, and ultimately transitioning to a Medicare for All single-payer system.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive immigration reform including legal status and a path to citizenship for DREAMers/undocumented immigrants, family reunification and guest-worker visas, asylum for refugees, and reform of the H-1B visa program to prevent abuse.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports abortion rights, LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections, and frames religious liberty and civil rights (including voting rights) as constitutional priorities.
Source → - Education & Schools
Advocates for free public college, community college, and vocational school; supports cancelling student loan debt; and backs universal, well-compensated Pre-K.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports universal background checks for gun sales and has voted for a federal assault weapons ban.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports ending cash bail so that pretrial detention is based on threat level rather than ability to pay, while maintaining that dangerous or violent offenders should be detained; specific federal drug policy positions were not found.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports a large-scale renewable energy buildout (solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, clean hydrogen), opposes fossil fuel subsidies and fracking on public lands, and has investigated fossil fuel industry disinformation.
Source → - Foreign Policy & Defense
Favors restraint in the use of military force and diplomatic solutions over broad war authorizations; opposed the 2003 Iraq invasion; specific positions on trade agreements and veterans affairs were not found on the fetched pages.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Rejects PAC and lobbyist campaign contributions, supports congressional term limits, and has co-authored transparency legislation such as the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Supports strong data privacy protections against government surveillance, net neutrality/anti-big-corporation broadband rules, and universal broadband access; specific AI regulation and content-moderation positions were not found.
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