"The Candidate Who Promised To 'Disrupt' Congress Couldn't Get Enough Bandwidth"(Honda/Khanna)

[deurbano]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/11/ro-khanna-congress_n_6139330.html

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11/11/2014

<<WASHINGTON -- Democratic attorney and former Obama administration official Ro Khanna had seemingly everything he needed to unseat Rep. Mike Honda (D) in California's 17th District: gobs of cash from technology CEOs, some of the president's top campaign alumni, innovative voter identification data and a compelling professional background.

And yet, Khanna ultimately conceded Friday that he wouldn't be able to unseat the seven-term congressman, illustrating an irony of this election: One of the rare victories progressive groups can point to is the defeat of a fellow Democrat.

Campaign contributions from technology leaders such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Google's Eric Schmidt, libertarian venture capitalist Peter Thiel, angel investor Marc Andreessen and Napster founder Sean Parker made it clear the industry thought Khanna would be a better standard-bearer than Honda for their concerns in Congress.

"If Khanna had been successful, it would have been open season. The technology industry would have flooded [future races] to take out numerous progressive voices in the state," said Neil Sroka, the communications director for Democracy for America, a progressive group that directed funds toward Honda's campaign. It also received support from labor unions as well as MoveOn.org, the Sierra Club and Planned Parenthood...>>

[msongs]

1. looks like the only democrat in that race won. congrats Mr. Honda nt

[deurbano]

2. An encouraging result!