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Rohit Khanna }} (born September 13, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer 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 general election on November 8, 2016, 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 August 8, 2009, to August 2011. Khanna endorsed Bernie Sanders for President of the United States in 2016. In 2020, Khanna co-chaired the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.

Khanna was born in Philadelphia to Indian immigrant parents. A self described "progressive capitalist", Khanna has called for a "new economic patriotism" as a governing philosophy. Khanna has championed the Abundance agenda. He states that he only accepts campaign donations from individuals and is one of only six members of the House, and ten members of Congress, who state that they do not take campaign contributions from political action committees (PACs) or corporations. Provided by Wikipedia