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My Take
Ro Khanna interests me because he occupies the most awkward intersection in American politics: a progressive Democrat representing Silicon Valley itself. Lawyer, lecturer, author, and the man who unseated an eight-term incumbent, his 2016 win after a failed 2014 run tells me everything about his persistence. What I watch for is how he balances tech-industry ambition against his talk of workers left behind by the digital economy. Whether or not you buy his vision, he is one of the few politicians genuinely fluent in both policy and product cycles, and I suspect his national profile will keep rising.
Overview
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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ro Khanna
- Name (Japanese)
- ロー・カンナ
- Reading
- ろー・かんな
- Born
- September 13, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- lawyer / university teacher / writer / politician / United States representative
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Council Rock High School North
- University
- University of Chicago
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.rokhanna.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/reprokhanna/
- Xhttps://x.com/RepRoKhanna
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.