He'll instead endorse Barbara Lee for the seat. It will still be a tough road for Lee. There hasn't been much polling of the race so far, but Lee trails Schiff and Porter. California is a top two primary state, so the eventual general election could likely be a head to head between either of the Dems.
With Khanna out I think this raises the likelihood that the Republicans miss out on fielding a candidate in the general. It doesn't take much for the second place Dem to beat the Republican in the primary as there aren't many Republicans in California these days. Especially since the Republicans rarely just field a single candidate as well.
Here's the only independent poll of the race so far:
With Khanna out I think this raises the likelihood that the Republicans miss out on fielding a candidate in the general. It doesn't take much for the second place Dem to beat the Republican in the primary as there aren't many Republicans in California these days. Especially since the Republicans rarely just field a single candidate as well.