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2026 candidates we're tracking in CA-17
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Ro Khanna
Democratic
Incumbent
Ro Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District. He serves as Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems and sits on the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with China, per his official House website. His stated priorities include restoring American manufacturing and technology leadership and advancing climate, human rights, and diplomacy initiatives, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
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Ritesh Tandon
Republican
Tandon is a research fellow at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and holds an MBA and a master's degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a business leader, researcher and entrepreneur with 26 years of Bay Area community involvement, per the campaign site.
About this race
California's 17th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The California primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.