Her name isn’t on the ballot, but Manorama Joshi has suddenly become one of the most intriguing people in the Bay Area’s hottest congressional race this year.
The Newark woman is at the heart of a controversy over Republican candidate Joel Vanlandingham’s last-minute entry in the race — perhaps as a foil for well-funded Democrat Ro Khanna in his bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, as some critics claim.
