Fremont Attorney Announces Run For Congress

FREMONT, CA — A Fremont attorney announced Tuesday that she will be running for Congress.

It's unclear what political party Rakhi Israni is running under. She joins a list of more than a handful of other candidates vying for the U.S. House, California District 14 seat, after Eric Swalwell, a Democrat representing a large swath of the East Bay, announced he'd be running for governor.

"This moment calls on each of us to serve a purpose greater than ourselves and to stand firmly on the side of truth,” Israni said in a statement Tuesday. “It is the same set of values my husband and I are passing down to our four children, and it is with these values I announce my campaign for Congress."

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Israni, an attorney, educator and mother of four, has spent the last two decades raising her family and building her business in the Bay Area, according to a press release announcing her candidacy.

As part of her campaign announcement, Israni highlighted her work as an attorney, representing underserved communities in court and elderly people with estate planning, according to the press release.

Israni says she has also served as a PTA president across her children's K-12 schools, a volunteer executive for one of the nation's largest faith-based humanitarian organizations and mentored thousands of students.

"Today’s politics are defined by division and extreme rhetoric, so it is crucial for the safety of our communities that we elect a member of Congress focused on solving problems and lowering the temperature while hate and division infect our democracy," Israni said in a statement. "I am ready to lead, to restore justice and truth to our government, and focus on finding solutions to lower the skyrocketing costs crippling families in the Bay Area and across the country."