California District 25: REP, PVI N+0
Incumbent: Steve Knight
Primary Winner
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Financial Strength
Raised($): $2,284,979
Cash on Hand ($): $28,064
% of the total REP $ Raised:
Cash on Hand v. Opponent ($): 100%
Age: 53
Years in Office: 5
Issue Scores
Gun Safety
1
Environment
0
Healthcare
0
Reproductive Rights
0
Conservative Ranking
ENDORSEMENTS
Assumed congressional office in 2015. Former Career: California State Senate, California State Assembly, Palmdale City Council. Education: Antelope Valley College. Currently resides in Palmdale. Steve Knight was born in Antelope Valley, California. After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1993 and then served for 18 years with the Los Angeles Police Department. In 2006 Knight received an Associate of Arts degree from Antelope Valley College. He served on the Palmdale City Council and represented the north Los Angeles County area in both the California State Assembly and the California State Senate from 2008 to 2012. Knight was elected to the U.S. House in 2014. As a Congressman, Knight generally supports pro-life legislation, opposes an income tax increase, supports federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth, supports lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth, opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards, supports the building of the Keystone Pipeline, supports government funding for the development of renewable energy, opposes the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, opposes gun- control legislation, supports repealing the Affordable Care Act, supports requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, and supports increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support. He currently resides in Palmdale and is married with two children.
Challengers in CA 25
RAISED: $7,654,693
CASH ON HAND: $64,582
% OF TOTAL DEM $: 100%
SAME PARTY CHALLENGERS: 1
ENDORSEMENTS
Katie is a lifelong resident of CA’s 25th Congressional District, and has served as Deputy CEO and Executive Director of a local organization that serves homeless members of the community. After graduating from California State University, Northridge, Katie became a policy advocate and change-maker at PATH, a non-profit developing affordable and supportive places for people to live. As Executive Director, Katie raised PATH from a local force for good in Los Angeles with a $5M budget to the largest non-profit provider of homes for the homeless in the state of California, operating with yearly operations of over $50M. This experience gives Katie the skills and judgment to be a good steward of California tax dollars and smart government spending. Katie lives on a farm with her husband and their rescue animals. She is endorsed by EMILY’s List.