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U.S. House, District 17: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Ritesh Tandon

Ritesh Tandon

Running for U.S. House · California District 17

NationalRepublican

In the role now
Ro Khanna

Ro Khanna

U.S. House · California District 17

NationalDemocrat

Ritesh TandonCandidateRo KhannaCurrent rep

Job fit

Ritesh Tandon

Other work

  • Ritesh Tandon worked on unified communications products for Cisco, starting with engineering and continuing with technical marketing. 1

Ro Khanna

Offices held

  • Congressman Ro Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Ritesh Tandon

  • Health care costs
    Wants to lower the medical cost burden on families and seniors by cutting out-of-pocket costs, increasing healthcare price transparency, and reducing prescription drug costs. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Opposes a California billionaire wealth tax that risks driving out investment, founders, and job creators; wants spending discipline, cutting waste, and streamlining agencies instead of new taxes. 3

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety, Immigration, Climate & energy

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Ro Khanna

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Ritesh Tandon

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Ro Khanna

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Abortion and reproductive care → Protecting access (2 of 2 votes) 4

Who pays them

Ritesh Tandon

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donors
small donors$2Klarge donors$35K$38K raised
$2,2265Small individual donors
$35,4025Large individual donors

Ro Khanna

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorslabor unionsmembership organizationsgroups backing both partiesOther kinds of donors
small donors$1.7Mlarge donors$11.1Mlabor unions$13Kmembershiporganizations$5Kgroups backingboth parties$3KOther kinds ofdonors$4K$13.8M raised
$1,650,8096Small individual donors
$11,084,9816Large individual donors

Checks

Ritesh Tandon

No voting record to check yet

Ro Khanna

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About Ritesh Tandon - Congressional Candidate of the U.S. · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. About | Congressman Ro Khanna · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. tandonforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money