California State Assembly — District 25
✦ AI Race Summary
AD-25 covers most of San Jose, including downtown, East San Jose, and large open-space areas of southeast Santa Clara County. Incumbent Ash Kalra is running for his sixth and final term (term-limited after this) against a single Republican challenger. Tenant protections, downtown San Jose recovery, and the BART-to-San-Jose extension are the principal local issues.
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Five-term Assemblymember and the first Indian American ever to serve in the California Legislature. Former San Jose City Councilmember (eight years) and Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender (eleven years, much of it in drug-treatment court). Author of multiple recent tenant-protection laws — AB 2347 (extended eviction-summons response time), AB 2926 (preserves affordable housing), and AB 863 (eviction-notice translation requirements). Born in Toronto; BA from UC Santa Barbara; JD from Georgetown.
BAJC-Action · Opposed
Hindu United Vote · Opposed
Attorney; the Republican challenger.