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Ro Khanna

Ro Khanna
Official portrait, 2016
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 17th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Preceded byMike Honda
Personal details
Born
Rohit Khanna

(1976-09-13) September 13, 1976 (age 48)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Ritu Ahuja Khanna
​
(m. 2015)​
Children2
RelativesAmarnath Vidyalankar (grandfather)
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Yale University (JD)
WebsiteHouse website
Ro Khanna's voice
Ro Khanna speaks in support of his amendment to block military action against Iran without congressional approval
Recorded January 30, 2020

Rohit Khanna (/ˈkʌnə/ KUH-nə; born September 13, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumbent Democratic Representative Mike Honda in the general election on November 8, 2016, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from August 8, 2009, to August 2011. Khanna endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of the United States in 2016.[1] In 2020, Khanna co-chaired the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.

Khanna was born in Philadelphia to Indian immigrant parents.[2] Khanna identifies as a progressive capitalist, and has called for a "new economic patriotism" as a governing philosophy.[3][4][5][6] He states that he only accepts campaign donations from individuals and is one of only six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and ten members of Congress, who state that they do not take campaign contributions from political action committees (PACs) or corporations.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Ro Khanna to Justice Democrats: "I Endorsed Bernie Sanders." Did he Lie? (Update: NO!) - Outrages and Interludes". May 13, 2017. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HT-RoKh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "How progressive capitalism can be the recipe for economic growth and innovation". foxbusiness.com. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Klein, Ezra (May 1, 2019). "Ro Khanna and the tensions of Silicon Valley liberalism". Vox. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Kruse, Michael (August 26, 2022). "Ro Khanna's Apology Tour. And Why Trump Voters Love It". Politico. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Shudak, Jeff (August 9, 2022). "Ro Khanna's new economic patriotism lifts up those of us in trades". carrollspaper.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "U.S. Senate — Senators' PAC Fundraising in their current Election Cycles". CleanSlateNow.org. September 15, 2017. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  8. ^ Meyer, Theodoric (July 12, 2017). "Khanna starts PAC-free caucus". Politico. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  9. ^ Ravel, Ann M. (April 6, 2017). "'No PAC Act' offers voters hope to be heard". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "PAC Fundraising Totals and the 115th Congress – House of Representatives @". Cleanslatenow.org. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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