BackgroundPolicy analyst

EducationHarvard University (Master of Public Administration)

Notable personal detailsAnthony Van Dang is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 15th Congressional District in the June 2, 2026 primary election. He describes himself as a disabled U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran and a Gold Star family member, and says he earned an MPA from Harvard after attending community college and UC San Diego. He has worked in defense-sector financial oversight and says he previously worked at the Pentagon and later became a whistleblower regarding defense-industry waste. He lives in Belmont, California with his wife Anne and their two sons.