Meet Rakhi Israni

About Rakhi

Rakhi Israni has spent her career working to expand the promise of the American Dream for others — as an attorney, entrepreneur, educator, and community leader in California’s 14th Congressional District.

She has built a successful business, strengthened schools, and served families across CA District 14 and the East Bay. Now she’s running for Congress because the challenges facing working families in CA-14 — rising costs, a broken political system, and leadership that rewards noise over results — demand someone ready to listen, lead, and deliver.

The Daughter of Immigrants

Rakhi is the daughter of immigrants who fled their homes as refugees and arrived in the United States just two years after Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, finally opening the door for Asian families to build lives here. They came with no connections, no safety net, and no guarantee of success.

Their story — of starting over with nothing and building a life through hard work — is the story Rakhi carries with her every day. It’s why she believes so fiercely that when you work hard, you should be able to get ahead. Today, that promise feels increasingly at risk. Rakhi is running to renew it for you and your family.

Builder, Mentor, Leader

Rakhi founded a Fremont-based education company and built it from the ground up into a successful nationwide business over two decades, employing thousands of workers and educators — including her husband, who left the tech sector to join the mission — and serving tens of thousands of students preparing for college and careers.

In the early years, she often spent extra hours counseling students — not just about exams, but on the broader questions shaping their lives. Her father once told her, “You’re running a business, not a charity.” But those moments of genuine connection became the foundation for her success. She stopped seeing teachers and students as employees and customers, and started seeing them as partners in a shared mission.

Rakhi knows what it takes to meet a payroll, grow an organization, and deliver results. That’s the kind of real-world experience Washington desperately needs.

Rooted in the East Bay

For more than 20 years, Rakhi and her husband have raised their four children in the East Bay — in the heart of California’s 14th Congressional District. She served as PTA president at the elementary, middle, and high school levels — listening, building relationships, and gaining firsthand insight into how policy shapes local classrooms across CA District 14.

She also served the East Bay as an attorney — advising and representing underserved families, often volunteering her time for those who couldn’t afford legal support. She served as a Judge Pro Tem in Santa Clara County Superior Court, and is a volunteer leader of one of the nation’s largest faith-based humanitarian organizations, helping disaster victims, fighting human trafficking, and providing social services to families in crisis.

Her Approach: Listen First, Deliver Results

Rakhi’s approach to leadership is simple: listen first, find common ground, and deliver results. Not the loudest voice in the room — but the most effective. Not the most partisan — but the most persistent.

Rakhi began her career by joining the police academy. While she eventually chose a different path, graduating gave her lasting respect for those who wear the badge and a clear understanding of what service demands. Across her work in business, schools, the legal system, and nonprofit leadership, her approach has remained consistent: good policy starts with listening and ends with results.

Why She’s Running

When Rakhi first considered running, her teenage daughter was opposed. She was afraid. A few days later, she came back with questions about the ICE raids she was seeing in the news, and the fear families must feel — even those following the law. That night, she came to Rakhi and said: “Maybe you should run. Maybe you could make a difference.”

That moment stayed with her. The vicious rhetoric in today’s politics drives problem-solvers out of public life — rewarding outrage over outcomes, and performance over progress. But when problem-solvers step back, the system stops working for the people it was built to serve.

CA-14 deserves a representative who understands these communities firsthand — the cost of housing, the impact of AI on jobs, the pressure on small businesses — and is focused on solving them.

A Vision for Better Government

Rakhi is running because families in California’s 14th District are being squeezed — by tariffs that drive up the cost of groceries and everyday goods, and by an administration gutting the healthcare programs working families depend on. She knows what it costs to raise a family in CA District 14. In Congress, she’ll work to bring down those costs and hold Washington accountable for results, not excuses.

Rakhi believes the political system isn’t working the way it should — and she has ideas about how to fix it. She supports a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the President, Congress, and federal judges, term limits for members of Congress, and a ban on insider trading by the very people who are supposed to be serving us. Government should work for families, not for itself.

Rakhi’s vision is clear: a government that works — transparent, accountable, and focused on expanding opportunity for every family. Too often, politics rewards noise over results. Our communities deserve real progress — and that comes from leaders who listen, who are pragmatic, and who solve real problems.

Rakhi is ready to get to work.