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Connie Chan Enters Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco

Her launch spot frames the contest as local neighborhoods versus outside money.

Overview

  • The District 1 supervisor announced her congressional bid Thursday with a video highlighting her immigrant story, labor alliances and work on tenant protections.
  • Chan contrasted herself with State Sen. Scott Wiener on housing, vowing to build "real affordable housing, not the Sacramento version that destroys our neighborhoods."
  • She joins a field that includes Wiener and Saikat Chakrabarti, the tech executive and former AOC chief of staff who has pledged to self-fund his campaign.
  • Wiener has raised more than $1 million to date, according to campaign filings cited in local reporting.
  • If elected, Chan would be the first Asian American to represent San Francisco in Congress, and Nancy Pelosi has not endorsed a successor despite backing Chan’s 2024 reelection.