Rep. Ro Khanna of California will not run for Senate next year and is instead supporting Rep. Barbara Lee in her bid to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, best known for opposing broad presidential war authority after 9/11, is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
“From the beginning, I have said that I would look closely at what Barbara Lee does and that her decision would weigh heavily on mine,” Khanna said in a statement. “She is a personal hero and one of the reasons why I first ran for Congress at age 27 on an anti-war platform. Her lone vote against the war in Afghanistan is one of the most courageous acts of modern time.”found that just 4% of registered Democrats and nonpartisan voters in the survey backed Khanna for the U.S. Senate.
Khanna’s endorsement and role in Lee’s campaign could help her raise more money, though neither of them are the fundraising juggernauts that Schiff and Porter are. In endorsing Lee, Khanna also said, “Representation matters,” noting that while Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party, there isn’t a single Black woman in the Senate.
“For far too long, our country’s institutions have failed to reflect the people,” he said. “Building a multiracial, multicultural democracy is hard and we must be willing to fight for it. I look forward to fighting alongside Barbara Lee.”
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