LOS ANGELES — Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., announced Sunday that he will co-chair Rep. Barbara Lee's campaign for U.S. Senate.
Khanna, who has been urged by allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to consider a run at the presidency, had spent months considering a potential bid to succeed retiring California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, signaling shortly after Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., launched her campaign in January that he would make a decision over the next few months.
Khanna called it "an honor" to hear from Sanders supporters and other progressives who wanted him to enter the race against Lee, D-Calif., Porter and Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., but said, "I believe the most exciting place to advance bold and progressive policy right now is in the House."
