Notable personal detailsOmed Hamid is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 11th Congressional District (San Francisco). He is a technologist and community-based advocate, born in Kabul, Afghanistan, who later came to the United States for higher education and professional work. He has founded the crowdsourcing platform Kabulay and has worked on technology- and policy-related initiatives focused on public accountability and practical problem-solving.