Ro Khanna

Ro Khanna, born on September thirteenth, nineteen seventy-six, is a prominent American politician and attorney representing California's seventeenth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since January twenty-seventeen. A member of the Democratic Party, Khanna made headlines when he defeated the eight-term incumbent Mike Honda in the general election on November eighth, two thousand sixteen, after previously running for the same seat in two thousand fourteen.

Before his congressional career, Khanna served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from August eighth, two thousand nine, to August two thousand eleven. His political journey is marked by his endorsement of Bernie Sanders for the presidency in two thousand sixteen and his role as co-chair of Sanders' campaign in two thousand twenty.

Born in Philadelphia to Indian immigrant parents, Khanna identifies as a