The Case for Change
Why This Race Matters
This is not a personal attack. This is a factual comparison of records, funding sources, and priorities. The voters of CA-15 deserve to see who is representing them and who is funding that representation.
CA-15 is one of the most educated, most diverse, most politically engaged districts in the country. It is one of the safest Democratic seats in California. It should be one of the most progressive seats in Congress.
Instead, it is held by a career politician who inherited his seat, takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate PACs and lobbying organizations, paints himself as a progressive when it is close to election time, and votes like a corporate moderate the rest of the year. His legislative record is cosponsorships and letters that sound good in press releases but have produced zero enacted laws.
This district does not have a representation problem because it lacks qualified candidates. It has a representation problem because the system rewards incumbents who play the game over people who actually know what it feels like to struggle.
I am running because this seat should be earned, not inherited. And the people holding it should answer to voters, not to the organizations writing the biggest checks.
The Record
The Contrast
Funding
The Incumbent
Pro-Israel PACs and AIPAC's super PAC, the United Democracy Project, have spent more than $740,000 supporting his campaigns, including over $580,000 in independent expenditures from AIPAC's super PAC during his first run for Congress in 2022 alone. Significant pharmaceutical industry contributions on top of that. Since his January 2025 appointment to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over pharmaceuticals, telecom, and energy, his industry PAC fundraising from those sectors has accelerated.
Anthony Dang
Zero corporate PAC money. Zero super PAC money. I can't self-fund this campaign. I'm not rich. Every dollar comes from actual people who want better representation. This whole thing runs on you.
Source: OpenSecrets, FEC filings
Showing Up
The Incumbent
Missed 6.7% of roll call votes in Congress, more than three times the 2.1% median for sitting House members.
Anthony Dang
I rarely missed days at work when working in the government or corporate jobs. If any one of us missed 7% of our critical deliverables, we would be shit-canned. Showing up to vote on the issues that affect people's lives is the bare minimum expected of our elected representatives.
Source: GovTrack
Legislative Effectiveness
The Incumbent
24 bills sponsored. Zero enacted into law. His congressional website presents cosponsorships, letters, and amicus briefs as legislative accomplishments, but the actual record is volume without impact.
Anthony Dang
I spent my career doing financial oversight at the Pentagon and in the defense industry. I know how to read a budget, find the waste, and build the case. Legislation should solve problems, not pad a resume.
Source: Center for Effective Lawmaking, Congress.gov
Who They Serve
The Incumbent
Has publicly identified himself as a pro-Israel lawmaker. Voted for the $26.38 billion Israel weapons package in April 2024, the largest single Israel-focused security appropriations bill ever enacted into law. Voted to declare 'from the river to the sea' as antisemitic (H.Res. 883). Did not support the ceasefire resolution. Constituents have held a weekly Friday vigil outside his San Mateo district office since December 2023. He has not personally addressed the weekly protesters.
Anthony Dang
I deployed to a war zone created by the same foreign policy establishment that profits from unconditional military aid. I know what that policy costs because my brother and I paid for it. I will represent the people in this district, not a lobby.
Source: Jewish Insider, Congress.gov, J Weekly
How They Got Here
The Incumbent
His father Gene Mullin served three terms in the California Assembly. Kevin Mullin served as speaker pro tempore for eight years. He inherited Jackie Speier's political machine and endorsement infrastructure when she retired. His path to Congress was managed through institutional connections.
Anthony Dang
My brother was killed in Iraq when I was 18. I enlisted the next day. I came home disabled, started at community college, went to UCSD, then Harvard. I worked at the Pentagon and blew the whistle on fraud in the defense industry. The retaliation cost me my career. Nobody handed me anything.
Source: Public record
Accountability
The Incumbent
Co-launched an Anti-Corruption and Democracy Reform Task Force in April 2026, after years of accepting corporate PAC funding and AIPAC contributions. No record of advancing accountability reform during the years his committee assignments and donor base depended on it. The positioning arrived after sustained constituent pressure and a primary challenge.
Anthony Dang
I called out fraud at one of the biggest defense contractors in the country and the retaliation cost me my career. I was featured in a More Perfect Union exposé about waste in the defense industry. Whistleblower protection and government accountability are not talking points for me. They are my life.
Source: Anti-Corruption Task Force press release (April 15, 2026), Congress.gov, public record
Mullin record facts last verified April 2026. This campaign re-verifies these statistics quarterly throughout the cycle.
This campaign can’t compete with corporate PAC money.
The incumbent raised over $1.6 million in the 2024 cycle, with hundreds of thousands from corporate and industry PACs. I can’t match that. I’m not wealthy. I don’t have a political machine. I don’t have a family dynasty funding my career.
What I have is the truth, a record of fighting for it, and the people in CA-15 who are done being taken for granted. If that includes you, I need your help.
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