Some of the Chakrabarti voters, said political consultant David Ho, who runs a pro-Chan political action committee, \u201cmay not be familiar with Connie Chan, because they could be younger voters, new voters, so it\u2019s good to have endorsements that represent a broader perspective across the spectrum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Khanna \u201crepresents a measured approach to regulating AI and tech, and also taxing the wealthy while still representing one of the major innovation capitals of the country,\u201d Ho added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chan, Pelosi\u2019s preferred successor, is assembling a coterie<\/a> of national Democrats. Pelosi endorsed Chan<\/a> months ago and strongly supports the candidate \u2014 she has held multiple fundraisers, and her former communications director is now staffing Chan\u2019s campaign<\/a>. Pelosi represents a more establishment lane, alongside others who back Chan like Sen. Adam Schiff, who also attained office with Pelosi\u2019s strong backing.<\/p>\n Chan\u2019s campaign hopes that Khanna, a progressive who is not in Pelosi\u2019s orbit, will open up new possibilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n Khanna is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Chan on Monday said she would join if elected. He came out of the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party, endorsing Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primary. He has been hiring Bernie-world staffers <\/a>as he weighs a possible run for president<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the November election will bring out more voters than June\u2019s primary and open up new swaths of the electorate for both Chan and Sen. Scott Wiener, the 18 percent<\/a> of primary voters who opted for Chakrabarti are vital for both campaigns. That\u2019s particularly so for Chan, who trailed Wiener by 11 percent<\/a> in the primary and needs every undecided voter.\u00a0<\/p>\n The race may be tight, according to polls<\/a>, albeit ones sponsored by Chan\u2019s campaign and a progressive committee.<\/p>\n Chan has an advantage in this: She is widely seen as the progressive candidate, and was endorsed<\/a> by Chakrabarti after all.\u00a0<\/p>\n But she is also more skeptical of the tech industry and may have a hard time winning over tech workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, could help unlock some of these voters, particularly those who favorably view his increasingly public clashes with their tech billionaire bosses.\u00a0<\/p>\n This past weekend, for example, Khanna gained national attention<\/a> because he publicly clashed with prominent tech investor Mark Cuban over California\u2019s billionaire tax, Prop. 40. \u201cWhy not put this energy in figuring out how we bring capital and high paying jobs to every community in America?\u201d Khanna wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chan\u2019s Monday event, billed as a \u201cYoung voters town hall,\u201d drew a combination of young people, union members and some interested observers from Chakrabarti\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n It was moderated by Jorge Contreras, director of the California Working Families Party, which plans to support Chan by both investing in an independent PAC and field operations, according to Contreras.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wiener, for his part, responded to Khanna\u2019s appearance by aiming his guns at the congressman.<\/p>\n \u201cTonight, Connie Chan is headlining a Working Families Party event with the most prolific stock trader in Congress,\u201d Wiener said in a statement, referring to a New York Times story<\/a> that lists Khanna\u2019s family as trading shares valued between $24 million and $147 million. Khanna has said<\/a> his family\u2019s wealth is handled by outside advisers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still, Wiener continued, \u201cWorking families don\u2019t trade stock thousands of times.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Chan\u2019s campaign\u2019s response? That the candidate supports banning congressional stock trading full stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley Rep. 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Rep. Ro Khanna campaigns with Supervisor Connie Chan in San Francisco on Aug. 17, 2026. Photo by Yujie Zhou. <\/p>\n