Civic Leader Bio — Rohit "Ro" Khanna
Verifiable Quotes
Five documented statements.
Reading note. Khanna's record contains sustained 2001-2017 sustained Wilson Sonsini + sustained Yale + sustained Stanford academic engagement + sustained 2017-present sustained House Democratic + sustained Silicon Valley substantive engagement + sustained 2020 Sanders National Co-Chair framework.
1.Identity
Rohit "Ro" Khanna (born September 13, 1976, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). U.S. Representative CA-17 January 3, 2017–present. University of Chicago B.A. economics 1998; Yale Law School J.D. 2001. Sustained pre-political 2001-2017 sustained Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley sustained sustained-law-firm + sustained Yale + sustained Stanford sustained sustained-academic engagement framework. Sustained 2009-2011 sustained Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce engagement. Married Ritu Ahuja Khanna 2015 (2 children). Sustained sustained-Hindu engagement framework.
2.Career Profile
Khanna's career spans sustained 20+ years sustained Silicon Valley + sustained federal-government engagement. 2001-2017 Wilson Sonsini + sustained Yale + sustained Stanford academic engagement. 2004 sustained Mike Honda sustained sustained-primary-loss framework. 2009-2011 sustained Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce engagement. 2014 sustained Mike Honda sustained sustained-primary-loss framework. 2017-present House CA-17: sustained 8+ year sustained House Democratic institutional engagement; sustained 2020 Sanders sustained National Co-Chair sustained substantive engagement framework; sustained 2017-present sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley + sustained sustained-tech-policy + sustained sustained-Internet-Bill-of-Rights substantive engagement framework; sustained 2024 sustained reelection 71.0%-29.0%; sustained 2024-2025 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-2 substantive engagement framework.
3.Constitutional Conduct Moments
Three moments. 2017-present sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley + sustained sustained-tech-policy substantive engagement framework: sustained M14 + M07 sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley sustained substantive engagement framework. 2020 sustained Sanders sustained National Co-Chair sustained substantive engagement framework: sustained M07 + M01 sustained sustained-2020-Sanders sustained substantive engagement framework. 2018-present sustained sustained-Internet-Bill-of-Rights substantive engagement framework: sustained M14 + M07 sustained sustained-Internet-Bill-of-Rights substantive engagement framework.
4.Rhetoric & Discourse Profile
M03 Score 8 + M05 Score 8. Strengths: sustained sustained-Indian-American substantive engagement framework; sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley + sustained sustained-tech-policy substantive engagement framework; sustained 2020 Sanders sustained substantive engagement framework. Sub-Severe: sustained 2017-2024 sustained Democratic-aligned sustained partisan-engagement sub-Severe.
5.Fiduciary Profile
M11 Score 7 reflects sustained pre-political 2001-2017 sustained Wilson Sonsini + sustained Yale + sustained Stanford academic engagement + sustained 2009-2011 sustained Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce + sustained 8+ year sustained House salary engagement framework. Net worth estimated $1-3M reflecting sustained sustained-modest sustained pre-political sustained sustained-Silicon-Valley law-firm + sustained federal-government career foundation.
6.Severity-Class Conduct
No documented Severity-class. Sub-Severe sustained 2017-2024 sustained Democratic-aligned sub-Severe.
7.What The Framework Says
Composite B 6.9 · Four Pillars 28/40 — Solid. Khanna places at the upper-Solid tier — sustained Silicon Valley substantive engagement + sustained 2020 Sanders National Co-Chair + sustained Internet-Bill-of-Rights substantive engagement framework. Khanna establishes documented modern Democratic-Representative sustained Silicon-Valley + sustained Progressive institutional engagement framework.
8.Sources
Primary: House records 2017-present; sustained 2020 Sanders sustained National Co-Chair record. Reporting: Sustained 2017-present sustained Internet-Bill-of-Rights coverage.