Democratic
Ro Khanna
Incumbent representative for CA-17. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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California District 17 election, 2026
Ro Khanna vs. Ritesh Tandon on a newly enacted 2026 district map.
VotePredictor forecast
Ro Khanna favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+46.3
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+38.02026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Ritesh Tandon
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for CA-17. The forecast above therefore uses fundamentals only. A poll table will appear here when matched polls are available.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
UC Regent Scott Galloway gets first-hand lesson in socialism
1. Teacher, teacher! He’s using AI to make fun of us! by Evan Milenko, writer California Reps. Adam Schiff and Ro Khanna introduced the AI Ads Act last week, a bill to stop campaigns from using AI to “fraudulently misrepresent” opposing candidates. While nob…
New York Post · August 6, 2026
Ro Khanna tears into Gavin Newsom over billionaires tax
Rep. Ro Khanna accused Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California Democrats of shying away from Proposition 40 because they fear backlash from billionaire donors.
New York Post · August 5, 2026
Transcript: Why Insurgent Candidates Are Thriving in the Midwest
This is a lightly edited transcript of the August 3 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: We’re going to talk about these big primaries that are happening—I guess tomo…
The New Republic · August 4, 2026
Green Groups Rally Behind Tennessee's Justin Pearson for Congress
A week away from Tennessee's Democratic primary, a coalition of national advocacy groups endorsed Justin Pearson, who is running to represent the state's 9th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives."Tennesseans deserve a champion who will st…
Common Dreams · July 30, 2026
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