Former Brad Sherman staffer launches primary bid against him: 'A new generation of Democrats'
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) is headed for a competitive primary election next year after his former congressional staffer Jake Rakov launched a primary challenge on Wednesday.
“I’m running for Congress against my former boss who’s been in office for nearly 30 years,” Rakov, 37, said on social media. “It’s time for a new generation of Democrats to step up. We can’t keep sending the same people to DC and expecting things to change.”
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Sherman, 70, has served in Congress since 1997 and represents California’s 32nd Congressional District in the western San Fernando Valley area.
The primary announcement fits with an emerging theme of the 2026 midterm elections that young Democrats want their party to do more. Some, like Rakov, are launching primary challenges to established candidates to push for Democrats to fight harder.
“It’s very hard for us to think that people like of that older generation are going to experience t…