Rep. Mike Honda and fellow Democrat Ro Khanna meet again for a rematch of their 2014 campaigns. MEET THE CANDIDATESRep. MIKE HONDA has served the South Bay since 2001. Until 2014, his path toward re-election was clear every two years until… Read More ›
House Ethics
CA17 PREVIEW: The rematch and rehash
Rep. Mike Honda and Ro Khanna are two of six candidates in the June congressional primary in District 17. Other candidates include Republicans Ron Cohen, Peter Kuo; Libertarian Kennita Watson; and San Jose Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio, also a Democrat. MEET… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Podcast Special: CA17 June Primary Roundtable
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Fired ESPN analyst Curt Schilling calls Mike Honda a coward
Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Earlier this week, Rep. Mike Honda called on ESPN to fire baseball analyst Curt Schilling for his comments on North Carolina’s new transgender law. After the network relieved Schilling of his duties… Read More ›
Former staffer who instigated House ethics probe says Honda is not unethical
Rep. Mike Honda’s future in Congress may rest on a pending House ethics investigation. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |The former congressional staffer who may ultimately cause the end of Rep. Mike Honda’s political career this fall following the past disclosure… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Podcast with guest Mike Honda congressional whistleblower Ruchit Agrawal
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Khanna to talk trash in Milpitas; Honda takes Silicon Valley jobs tour
Ro Khanna is dumpster diving for votes in Milpitas as part of a focus on local issues. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Politics in Milpitas sure does stink. Residents agree and South Bay congressional hopeful Ro Khanna thinks he can… Read More ›
Khanna begins election year with more than three times the cash of Honda
Ro Khanna’s ability to raise large amounts of campaign cash continued in 2015. CA17 CAMPAIGN FINANCE | As was the case two years ago, Ro Khanna will begin his second bid for the 17th Congressional District with a large fundraising… Read More ›
Honda’s Republican opponent files complaint over taxpayer-paid mailers
Rep. Mike Honda’s campaign called Cohen’s complaint “petty politics.” CONGRESS | DISTRICT 17 | Questions over Rep. Mike Honda’s congressional mailings to constituents are again political fodder for the third time in more than a year. Ron Cohen, a Republican who… Read More ›
5 BEST EAST BAY PRIMARY RACES IN 2016: #1 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DIST
ELECTION16 | The Rep. Mike Honda-Ro Khanna rematch gets top-billing for many reasons. It’s a national story again highlighting the state’s open primary system pitting Democrat against Democrat. The rise of Khanna locally is also a potential game-changing shift in… Read More ›
Mike Honda’s re-election campaign named one of Congress’s most vulnerable
Rep. Mike Honda is the only member on Roll Call’s list with more than two terms under his belt CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda is on the capitol’s endangered species list. Roll Call named Honda’s 2016 re-election… Read More ›
The floodgate of Democratic defections from Mike Honda may be opening
State Senate Pro Tem Kevin DeLeon endorsed Ro Khanna over Rep. Mike Honda. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Is this the first major crack in Rep. Mike Honda’s re-election effort? State Senate Pro Tem Kevin DeLeon said Thursday he is backing… Read More ›
Honda likely violated House ethics rules, says report; investigation to continue
Eight-term Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | The Office of Congressional Ethics concluded Thursday that Rep. Mike Honda’s previous campaigns likely violated House ethics rules. The House Ethics Committee, meanwhile, will continue its investigation into the matter, according to… Read More ›
Whispers of Rep. Mike Honda’s potential demise next year is growing louder
Rep, Mike Honda in Newark at the end of the 2014 campaign in the Seventeenth District. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | An old hand in the Alameda County Democratic Party asked me a question the other that I’ve heard with some… Read More ›
Are The Gods On Ro’s Side Now?
It remains to be seen whether the leaked emails reported this week from Rep. Mike Honda congressional office and hinting at unethical behavior will become newsworthy/ Honda’s challenger, Ro Khanna, is surely making political hay out of it and will… Read More ›
Emails May Show Honda’s Congressional Office Committed Campaign Violations
Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda’s congressional staff may have coordinated with the representative’s re-election campaign last year over a list of potential invitees to a U.S. State Department function, according to San Jose Inside. The… Read More ›
Ethics Panel Tells Stark, Not So Fast
OCE LASHES BACK AT HOUSE ETHICS DISMISSAL OF CHARGES CONGRESSThe nonpartisan ethics panel that served up charges last December against Rep. Pete Stark for allegedly receiving a $4,000 tax break on his Maryland home says the House ethics panel did… Read More ›
Ethics Committee Clears Stark of Wrongdoing
REPORT LASHES OUT AT NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR SINGLING STARK OUT. By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen The House Ethics Committee cleared Rep. Pete Stark of allegations he received improper tax breaks on his Maryland home. The report issued today ends speculation… Read More ›
Stark Target of Ethics Investigation
SUBJECT OF INQUIRY UNKNOWN; EARLIER TAX CREDIT PROBE BELIEVED NOT INVOLVEDReporters on the beat in Washington thought Christmas was over until they found one more present hidden under the tree courtesy of the House Ethics Committee, who announced Rep. Pete… Read More ›