Khanna, Ro
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Rohit "Ro" Khanna (born September 13, 1976) is an American politician and attorney 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 2016 general election, 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 2009 to 2011. Khanna was born in Philadelphia to Indian parents. A self-described "progressive capitalist," Khanna has called for a "new economic patriotism" as a governing philosophy. Khanna has championed the abundance agenda. Khanna endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of the United States in 2016 and co-chaired Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. He is a member of the bipartisan Congressional YIMBY Caucus, which advocates increasing housing supply to address housing affordability challenges. He founded and co-chairs the Congressional Antitrust Caucus, and has advocated stricter antitrust scrutiny of dominant technology firms and major mergers involving the tech sector. In 2025 and 2026 Khanna drew broader national attention through town halls in Republican-held districts and appearances in early-voting presidential states, leading several national outlets to describe him as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2028 United States presidential election.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Khanna, Ro
- First name
- Ro
- Last name
- Khanna
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- California 17th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- California 17th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- California 17th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $10,570,516.03
- Total disbursements
- $5,149,945.70
- Cash on hand
- $10,709,091.40
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $89,348.30
Receipt components disclose $10,570,516.03 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $10,130,965.00;Share: 95.8%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $2,000.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $437,551.03;Share: 4.1%;Denominator: $10,570,516.03 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $9,457,633.00
- Itemized
- $9,457,633.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 8694 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $9,457,633.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $563,919.00;Transactions: 228;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $689,529.00;Transactions: 278;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $1,354,436.00;Transactions: 519;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $325,196.00;Transactions: 174;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $358,887.00;Transactions: 195;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $546,556.00;Transactions: 278;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $199,816.00;Transactions: 179;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $255,285.00;Transactions: 179;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $613,207.00;Transactions: 383;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $143,767.00;Transactions: 204;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $330,260.00;Transactions: 277;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $560,768.00;Transactions: 434;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $153,360.00;Transactions: 193;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $480,076.00;Transactions: 376;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $594,678.00;Transactions: 433;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $147,994.00;Transactions: 394;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $538,517.00;Transactions: 566;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $400,647.00;Transactions: 512;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $222,245.00;Transactions: 639;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $133,363.00;Transactions: 564;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $393,684.00;Transactions: 717;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $228,651.00;Transactions: 674;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $205,785.00;Transactions: 250;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $17,007.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $9,457,633.00 across 8,694 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $125,888.00;Transactions: 4,457 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $103,730.00;Transactions: 378 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $317,405.00;Transactions: 557 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $997,880.00;Transactions: 861 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $7,912,730.00;Transactions: 2,441 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 4% in district
- District share basis
- $338,295.00 in district and $9,030,663.00 out of district; $88,675.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $88,675.00 with 151 reported transactions; visible denominator is $9,457,633.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $338,295.00;Transactions: 933;Denominator: $9,457,633.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $5,581,420.00;Transactions: 4,413;Denominator: $9,457,633.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $3,449,243.00;Transactions: 3,197;Denominator: $9,457,633.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $88,675.00;Transactions: 151;Denominator: $9,457,633.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| SLOME, IAN | $19,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| SIRHAN, MOTASIM | $19,800.00 | 3 transactions |
| RAGHAVAN, SHUBA | $15,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| KANNAN, RAVINDRAN | $13,200.00 | 5 transactions |
| CHADHA, SUMIR | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| CYRUS, MICHAEL | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| LEVY, ELLEN | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| LIEBEL, GENE | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| NASR, KHALED | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| RAISONI, RAJENDRA | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $2,997,259.00 | 5005 transactions |
| $160,885.00 | 105 transactions | |
| APPLE | $33,025.00 | 34 transactions |
| ACCEL | $29,700.00 | 9 transactions |
| COOLEY LLP | $28,800.00 | 10 transactions |
| MORGAN STANLEY | $28,300.00 | 16 transactions |
| QUINN EMANUEL | $27,800.00 | 14 transactions |
| WERBA RUBIN PAPIER WEALTH MANAGEMENT | $26,400.00 | 2 transactions |
| STANFORD | $25,600.00 | 12 transactions |
| SULLIVAN & CROMWELL | $25,000.00 | 12 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | $193,910.00 | 139 transactions |
| Unknown / unclassified | $163,300.00 | 59 transactions |
| Finance | $28,300.00 | 16 transactions |
Classified: $222,210.00 and 155 transactions out of $385,510.00 and 214 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4CA12055
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4CA12055
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H4CA12055
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:K000389
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA12055:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA12055:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4CA12055:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- K000389
- fec_candidate_id
- H4CA12055
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- wikidata_id
- Q7339221