It was one of the most expensive US congressional races between 2 Democratic candidates. The young gun Ro Khanna outspent and outraised the incumbent Mike Honda by millions. And with the help of big corporate money, he was hoping to unseat a lovable but old congressman. LSI received a total 15 negative mailers from him during the general election alone.
In the end, Ro Khanna even lost in his own home town, Fremont, by 2%. He trailed by 5% in Santa Clara County. Basically, this race for the CA-17th is over since the trend is against him as more votes are counted.
However, he has not conceded since he claimed that there are about 40,000 ballots left and most are VBM.
He is young and still have quite a political career ahead of him but he will need to learn how to lose gracefully. Remember there is always 2016, by then Mike Honda would be 73 years old and he might just decide to retire.
In the end, Ro Khanna even lost in his own home town, Fremont, by 2%. He trailed by 5% in Santa Clara County. Basically, this race for the CA-17th is over since the trend is against him as more votes are counted.
However, he has not conceded since he claimed that there are about 40,000 ballots left and most are VBM.
He is young and still have quite a political career ahead of him but he will need to learn how to lose gracefully. Remember there is always 2016, by then Mike Honda would be 73 years old and he might just decide to retire.
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