<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) announced on Sunday that he will not run for the seat held by retiring Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) in 2024.</p>
<p>After <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/12/ro-khanna-says-hes-looking-at-the-senate-his-allies-are-talking-about-the-white-house-00077672" target="_blank" rel="noopener">months of consideration</a>, Khanna told CNN he would eschew the encouragement of leftist supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and endorse <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbara-lee-announces-bid-for-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) in the race.</a></p>
<p>“I have concluded that, despite a lot of enthusiasm from Bernie folks, the best place, the most exciting place, action place for me to serve as a progressive is in the House of Representatives,&#8221; Khanna said to &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoKhanna</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> that he will endorse @BarbaraLeeForCA in the California Senate race. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a>. <a href="https://t.co/lgbj0clYTV">pic.twitter.com/lgbj0clYTV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1639983845423435810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored to be co-chairing Barbara Lee&#8217;s campaign for the Senate and endorsing her today,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We need a strong anti-war senator, and she will play that role.&#8221;</p>
<p>California boasts a <a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/primary-elections-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">primary system</a> that will feature one ballot for the U.S. Senate race. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party, will move on to the general election.</p>
<p>Khanna, whose district lies in Silicon Valley, gives Lee a key ally in the contest that features two other high-profile Democratic members of the House as competitors: Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter.</p>
<p>Schiff already scored a significant House endorsement from former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), even before Feinstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-not-running-for-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced last month</a> she would not seek re-election.</p>
<p>Khanna said he has &#8220;respect&#8221; for Schiff and Porter, who are both <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/calif-senate-race-pits-two-top-fundraisers-rcna67696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top fundraisers</a> among Democrats, but he praised Lee for offering a &#8220;unique voice&#8221; to the Senate.</p>
<p>&#8220;She was the lone vote against the endless war in Afghanistan,&#8221; Khanna said. &#8220;She stood up so strongly against the war in Iraq. She worked with me in stopping — trying to stop the war in Yemen and the war powers resolution.&#8221;</p>
<p>He noted that &#8220;representation&#8221; is a key factor in his decision.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have a single African-American woman in the United States Senate. She would fill that role,&#8221; Khanna said of Lee. &#8220;She will be the only candidate from Northern California, and she&#8217;s going to, I think, consolidate a lot of progressives. The other two are formidable candidates, but I think Barbara Lee is going to be very, very strong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/BarbaraLeeForCA/status/1639992869141516288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed her gratitude</a> to Khanna in a tweet on Sunday. She also flashed some of her leftist bonafides, sharing her support for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-medicare-for-all-supporters-shocked-by-facts-about-medicare-for-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Medicare for All&#8221;</a> healthcare system, among other priorities.</p>
<p>&#8220;I will fight every day to push our shared progressive agenda of Medicare4All, ending student debt, and abolishing the filibuster,&#8221; Lee said.</p>

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