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CA-11 House winner? (Person)
$118.5K
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current rolePolitical advisor
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age40 years old (Jan 12, 1986)
GenderMale
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LocationCalifornia
BackgroundPolitical advisor
EducationHarvard University — B.A., Computer Science (2007)
Notable personal detailsSaikat Chakrabarti is an Indian-American political advisor, climate policy advocate, and software engineer who is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in California’s 11th Congressional District. He co-founded Justice Democrats, served as campaign manager and later chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and later led work promoting the Green New Deal through New Consensus. He studied computer science at Harvard University and worked in finance and technology, including early work at Stripe.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports substantial progressive tax changes including a wealth tax on very high net-worth individuals and uses increased revenue to fund expanded social programs and green-economy investment. Advocates for Medicare-for-All, universal child care, and large-scale public investment as part of an economic mobilization to build a clean, broadly shared economy.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All and universal healthcare, and lists fighting for universal healthcare as a core campaign pledge. Advocacy for universal coverage is paired with other progressive policy goals such as a Green New Deal–aligned economic agenda.
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Immigration & Border
Supports expanding legal immigration pathways (including more H‑1B visas) and prioritizes constituent services to protect immigrants from deportation and to help with citizenship applications. Emphasizes a welcoming, growth-oriented immigration approach while also describing practical reforms to programs like H‑1B.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade protections into federal law, repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow public insurance to cover abortion, protecting access to contraception, expanding Title X, and repealing the Comstock Act to prevent federal restrictions on medication abortion. Commits to actively defending and expanding reproductive rights in Congress.
Climate & Energy
Has been a lead architect and promoter of the Green New Deal and advocates mobilizing government investment to build a large-scale clean energy economy and industrial policy. Supports aggressive emissions-reduction goals and federal-led clean-economy industrial programs.
Public Safety & Guns
The campaign platform emphasizes a holistic public-safety approach that funds alternative responders (mental-health and addiction specialists), supports rebuilding a well-trained police force while demilitarizing local departments, reforms qualified immunity, and requires body cameras for agencies receiving federal funds. The site and available campaign materials do not state an explicit position on specific gun-policy measures such as universal background checks, assault-weapons bans, red-flag laws, or constitutional-carry proposals.
Polls
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$9.2M
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$2.3M
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2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$9.2M
$384.9K
$8.9M
$520.7K
Source: FEC
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