Candidate · U.S. House, District 17
Ro Khanna
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 17 (since 2017)
- Occupation
- United States Congressmember
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Chicago (1998) and a J.D. from Yale University (2001). source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as an attorney and professor. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as a deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Commerce. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the California Workforce Development Board. source: ballotpedia.org
- Has represented California District 17 in the U.S. House since January 3, 2017. source: ballotpedia.org
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