CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | A Santa Clara County activist’s praise for Ro Khanna’s help in avoiding a newly built public library from becoming an embarrassing white elephant, may represent the campaign utilizing a bit of sleight of hand to… Read More ›
Vanila Singh
CA-17 Twitter War: Yo Mama Is So Big She Lost The Election In Her Fat Roll
Ohhhh yeaaahh! CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | A South Bay conservative leader’s endorsement of Rep. Mike Honda may have been the impetus for a lengthy war of words between the communication directors of Honda’s campaign team and his counterpart on… Read More ›
Honda Registers 21-Point Win Over Khanna; Will Meet Again in the Fall
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | After all the hype, Rep. Mike Honda scored a 21-point win over upstart challenger Ro Khanna Tuesday night in the 17th Congressional District primary. Honda called the result a “decisive victory” before congratulating Khanna for… Read More ›
A New Website in SD-10: Down Ballot, 5 Days to Election Day
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10 The pantheon of negative campaign websites grows. Mary Hayashi’s campaign released FrackBob.com today. The latest entry follows MugShotMary and BobProtectedRapists. The site, however, is solely issue based (other than the web address) on Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski’s opposition… Read More ›
Primary Questions: CA-17 Preview
Clockwise from top: Rep. Mike Honda, Ro Khanna, Joel Vanlandingham and Vanila Singh THE CANDIDATES Ask around you will likely hear one of two things when talking about Rep. Mike Honda: he’s a “nice guy” or “he hasn’t done anything… Read More ›
Poll Shows Honda Up 19 Points Over Khanna; Republicans Lag Far Behind
Ro Khanna, Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | As the number of days before the June primary inch closer to single digits a KPIX/SurveyUSA poll shows Rep. Mike Honda with a 19 point advantage over fellow Democrat Ro Khanna… Read More ›
Down Ballot: May 20, 2014, 14 days to Election Day
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10 Republican Peter Kuo is making many a Democrat in District 10 worried (and also excited). There is palpable buzz that he could possibly eek into the top two next June and at the expense, most likely,… Read More ›
Honda says He’ll Debate Challenger after the June Primary
Chanting Ro Khanna supporters among sign-wavers for Rep. Mike Honda. PHOTO/Steven Tavares CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Following Saturday night’s eagerly-awaited first meeting between fellow 17th Congressional District Democrats, Rep. Mike Honda told reporters he will participate in a debate… Read More ›
Primary Candidates with Cash to Burn Turn to Mad Men
A Tucker in Wieckowski and Swalwell’s Camp | Bock Bopped | Union Buddy in Hayward? CHAPTER 13 | Ro Khanna has the cash to literally buy a Super Bowl ad, but he didn’t. However, his campaign for the 17th Congressional… Read More ›
Moneyball: East Bay First Quarter Congressional Finance Reports
Rep. Mike Honda crosses the $1 million threshold. CONGRESS | CAMPAIGN FINANCE | The candidates are official and well-financed candidates in three local congressional races are getting ready to spend their campaign largess. All three incumbents have the money to defend… Read More ›
Amid Scandal, A Conversation Changed in the 17th Congressional District
Hayward Mayoral Candidates Face Labor | Mr. Know-It-All | Guillen is a Lock | Forum Schedule CHAPTER 9 | Sometimes all a campaign needs is a little luck. Just as pressure was renewed for Rep. Mike Honda to debate his… Read More ›
Judge Disqualifies Republican Candidate in Honda-Khanna Race Following Lawsuit
Ro Khanna, Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | A Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered the removal Wednesday of one of the three Republican candidates in the 17th Congressional District race from the June 3 primary ballot after invalidating… Read More ›
GOP Vanila Singh in Race with Honda, Khanna; wouldn’t Repeal Obamacare
Vanila Singh CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Let’s first get this out of the way. Republican 17th Congressional District candidate Vanila Singh is not named after the mellow spice. Instead, her sweet name roughly translates as mother earth in Sanskrit,… Read More ›
Khanna’s Brandishes His Not-So-Secret Weapon—that All-Star Campaign Team
Khanna in a feature last June in Time. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | In recent months, 17th Congressional District candidate Ro Khanna has kept his campaign team’s tie to President Barack Obama’s re-election bids somewhat quiet. Rarely has he touted… Read More ›
Honda Leads All Comers In Latest Poll; Republican May Be Undercutting Khanna
Ro Khanna, Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | In a three-way race for the 17th Congressional District, Rep. Mike Honda holds a double-digit lead in both the June primary and head-to-head matchups in November against fellow Democrat Ro Khanna… Read More ›
