Anthony Dang, a candidate for a congressional seat in California, has been identified as a combat veteran, Pentagon program analyst, Harvard MPA, and civic tech founder. Dang has been working for 20 years and served in the United States Marine Corps, including combat in Iraq. He co-founded a veterans nonprofit and served as its Chief Information Officer before returning to the Pentagon, where he worked on national security and security cooperation policy and helped create the Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program. He also spent several years in financial oversight at a major defense contractor on multiple multibillion-dollar weapons systems. His campaign focuses on housing, cost of living, healthcare, and government accountability, with median household income in San Mateo County at $156,000. He advocates for federal incentives for affordable housing, real renter protections, and federal pressure on corporate landlords and institutional investors buying up the housing stock. He takes no corporate PAC or super PAC money and focuses on small-dollar donations and volunteer hours from people who want something different.