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 rated D+28. 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
Over $743,000 from AIPAC-affiliated organizations. Significant pharmaceutical industry contributions. PAC funding surged coinciding with his appointment to the Energy and Commerce Committee.
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 7.0% of roll call votes in Congress, over three times the 2.0% median for House members. That is over 116 missed votes out of 1,659.
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
28 bills authored. 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 $16 billion in unconditional military aid. Voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Did not support the ceasefire resolution. Constituents have held weekly protests outside his office for over a year. He has not faced them.
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 on the Peninsula, 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. They fired me. Nobody handed me anything.
Source: Public record
Accountability
The Incumbent
Standard party-line votes on oversight and reform. No notable whistleblower protection legislation. No public position challenging the influence of corporate PAC money on committee assignments despite benefiting directly from the system.
Anthony Dang
I got fired from one of the biggest defense contractors in the country for calling out fraud. I know what happens when you challenge the people who are cheating the American public. Whistleblower protection and government accountability are not talking points for me. They are my life.
Source: Congress.gov, public record
This campaign can’t compete with corporate PAC money.
The incumbent raised over $632,000 last cycle. 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 on the Peninsula who are done being taken for granted. If that includes you, I need your help.
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