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Saikat Chakrabarti
U.S. Representative CA-11 (LOST 2026-06-02 D primary 3rd ~15% · withdrew 2026-06-03)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
33
/ 100
F
Raw: 6 of 18 dynamic max
· 9 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
0/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
6/ 40
National Rank
#4,772 of 8,966 · bottom 46.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 2, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Religion: Bengali-American Hindu background (Wikipedia categorizes as 'American Hindus'); no documented religious-liberty public stance.
Background: Tech engineer (early Stripe employee). Co-founded Justice Democrats + Brand New Congress. Former Chief of Staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (2019); helped draft Green New Deal resolution. First-time candidate. LOST June 2 2026 CA-11 D primary (3rd, ~15%) behind Wiener (~41%) and Chan (~29%). Withdrew June 3 2026.
Ex-AOC chief of staff, Justice Democrats co-founder, GND architect. LOST 2026-06-02 CA-11 primary (3rd, ~15%); WITHDREW 2026-06-03. [2026-06 national-autopilot refinement, federal tier] HARD HETERODOX-D CATCHES (rare): (1) AIPAC-refusal HARD pledge with dedicated ActBlue URL 'saikat-rejects-aipac' + verbatim quote 'AIPAC wants to keep me out of the top two ... I am the only one who named the genocide in Gaza and called for a full arms embargo on Israel from the start' — foreign_policy_restraint q3 HARD TRUE; (2) Total Israel arms embargo position (went FURTHER than ceasefire/conditioning peers Wiener+Chan) — foreign_policy_restraint q2 HARD TRUE; (3) Hindu background — christian_liberty q0 HARD FALSE (cited, not inferred from party). Standard JD-progressive on life/marriage/gender (no direct quotes on most — left null per discipline); HARD FALSE on border (defund-ICE tweet, 'New Southern Democrats' rebuke of D border-enforcement crossovers); pro-GND deficit-spending FALSE on economic_stewardship q2. Tech-founder Stripe-equity wealth (~$50M) + self-funded $10M+ ad spend. MD residence controversy (declared MD home as principal residence on loan/tax forms while running for CA seat) — not rubric-scoring but flagged. Status fix is the high-value finding; CA-11 sweep now 4-of-6 withdrawn/lost (bettles + wheeler + helton + chakrabarti).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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1 claim
On his iVoterGuide 2026 CA-11 candidate questionnaire, Chakrabarti stated that 'Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants)' — an explicit, documented pro-PP/NARAL/EMILY's List funding position that is the direct inverse of the never-took-abortion-industry-money standard.
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Chakrabarti co-authored the Green New Deal as AOC's chief of staff, then founded New Consensus — a think tank advancing comprehensive economy-wide climate mandates — and ran on delivering 'clean energy' government-managed transformation of every economic sector; his platform tracks directly with the WEF/ESG/Davos-style framework of carbon scores, sector-wide emissions mandates, and green-finance standards.
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- theintercept.comUnclassified
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Sources & Evidence
1 Center9 Other
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saikat_ChakrabartiEncyclopedia
www.saikat.us/enUnclassified
secure.actblue.com/donate/saikat-rejects-aipacUnclassified
www.kqed.org/news/12084959/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Wikipedia categorizes as 'American Hindus'; Bengali-American Hindu background. HARD cite, not party-inferred. Encyclopedia
Wikipedia categorizes as 'American Hindus'; Bengali-American Hindu background. HARD cite, not party-inferred.
- [2]Co-architect of Green New Deal resolution; campaign platform centered on large public-investment 'global green transition.' Pro-deficit-spending stance. Unclassified
Co-architect of Green New Deal resolution; campaign platform centered on large public-investment 'global green transition.' Pro-deficit-spending stance.
- [3]Campaign 'called for abolishing or defunding ICE' — direct opposition to mandatory deportation. Unclassified
Campaign 'called for abolishing or defunding ICE' — direct opposition to mandatory deportation.
- [4]HETERODOX-D HARD: advocates 'a total arms embargo' on Israel — went further than ceasefire/conditioning peers. Direct opposition to foreign-aid pattern. Unclassified
HETERODOX-D HARD: advocates 'a total arms embargo' on Israel — went further than ceasefire/conditioning peers. Direct opposition to foreign-aid pattern.
- [5]HETERODOX-D HARD: explicit AIPAC-refusal pledge with dedicated ActBlue URL 'saikat-rejects-aipac.' Verbatim: 'AIPAC wants to keep me out of the top two ... I am the only one who named the genocide in Gaza and called for a full arms embargo on Israel from the start.' Standout heterodox-D on foreign-lobby money. Unclassified
HETERODOX-D HARD: explicit AIPAC-refusal pledge with dedicated ActBlue URL 'saikat-rejects-aipac.' Verbatim: 'AIPAC wants to keep me out of the top two ... I am the only one who named the genocide in Gaza and called for a full arms embargo on Israel from the start.' Standout heterodox-D on foreign-lobby money.
- [6]HETERODOX-D HARD: explicit AIPAC-refusal pledge with dedicated ActBlue URL 'saikat-rejects-aipac.' Verbatim: 'AIPAC wants to keep me out of the top two ... I am the only one who named the genocide in Gaza and called for a full arms embargo on Israel from the start.' Standout heterodox-D on foreign-lobby money. Unclassified
HETERODOX-D HARD: explicit AIPAC-refusal pledge with dedicated ActBlue URL 'saikat-rejects-aipac.' Verbatim: 'AIPAC wants to keep me out of the top two ... I am the only one who named the genocide in Gaza and called for a full arms embargo on Israel from the start.' Standout heterodox-D on foreign-lobby money.
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