SF Politics Scott Wiener Removes Connie Chan Chatbot After Backlash From Pelosi, Other Democrats Scott Wiener is taking down the chatbot he launched to mock congressional opponent Connie Chan after receiving backlash from Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers, acknowledging he “clearly missed the mark.”
SF Politics Pelosi Spokesperson to Join Connie Chan’s Campaign For Congress Ian Krager, Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, will serve as spokesperson for SF Supervisor Connie Chan’s congressional campaign beginning August 1 until the election in November.
SF News Paul Pelosi Facing Possible Charges After Alleged Hit-And-Run In Napa County Paul Pelosi, husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, may face hit-and-run charges following an incident in Napa County on Friday afternoon. Napa County Sheriff’s Deputies allege Pelosi crashed into a parked car, briefly stopped, then drove away.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi to Form Institute at UC Berkeley Aimed at Teaching Civics and Bolstering Democracy After Speaker Emerita Pelosi retires in January, she’ll be heading a new nonpartisan institute at UC Berkeley, which will serve as a hub for undergraduates interested in public leadership, as well as a think-tank for faculty exploring issues impacting democracy.
SF Politics SF Election Turnout Looking Historically Low, and Why Does No One Vote on Election Day Anymore? Mid-year special elections and primaries aren't often huge draws when it comes to voter turnout, but San Francisco has a major decision to make about a Congressional seat that could be held by the same person for decades. Was that not enough of a motivator?
SF Politics Pelosi Finally Says What She Thinks About Chakrabarti and Wiener In Race to Succeed Her One week out from the primary, and one week after she finally came out and endorsed Connie Chan to succeed her, Nancy Pelosi has taken the gloves off and tells us how she really feels about the other main candidates in the race.
SF Politics ...And Pelosi Finally Comes Out and Endorses Connie Chan to Succeed Her She waited a good long minute, but House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has clearly decided her chosen candidate needs a boost in the primary, and she has now offered an official endorsement.
SF Politics Still Not Giving a Formal Endorsement, Pelosi Offers Praise For Connie Chan House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who is now mere months away from a well-deserved retirement, says she's been sitting back and trying to gauge the public's reaction to the candidates running for her seat.
SF Politics Former Pelosi Staffer Says Chakrabarti Was Fired From AOC's Staff Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's lack of an endorsement for her former chief of staff in the San Francisco House race was already playing an outsized role in this primary season, but now we get a bit more to the story.
SF Politics Day Around the Bay: Pelosi Attends Connie Chan Fundraiser Nancy Pelosi has made no endorsement in the race for her seat, but she did attend a Connie Chan event; Oakland hills residents keep losing internet due to copper wire theft; and a US army soldier made a Polymarket bet based on classified information and made $400K.
SF Politics The Three Candidates Vying for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat Face Off on the Same Stage for the First Time With Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat legitimately up for grabs for the first time in nearly 40 years, the three challengers to succeed her — Scott Wiener, Connie Chan, and Saikat Chakrabarti — duked it out at a candidate forum Wednesday night.
SF News Saturday Links: Caltrain Launches Electric Holiday Train, Wins ‘Fastest Growing Transit Agency’ Congressional candidates Connie Chan, Saikat Chakrabarti, and Scott Wiener attended a youth climate justice talk; last-minute shoppers can rejoice in this hyperlocal gift guide; and Caltrain’s popular Holiday Train sold out very quickly but spectators can still watch it go by Saturday.
SF Politics Connie Chan Officially In, London Breed Out In Race For Pelosi's House Seat The race to fill Nancy Pelosi's big shoes in Congress just gained an official candidate and lost another who hinted at a run two weeks ago.
SF Politics Pelosi Calls Out Republicans Over Healthcare Subsidies, Says 400K Californians Could Be Priced Out House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi used an event Monday about Covered California open enrollment to sound alarms over the number of Californians who may lose their healthcare due to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
SF Politics Christine Pelosi Will Not Run For Congress, Will Run For State Senate Well this is an unexpected turn of events. Christine Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, will not run to take over her mother's seat in the House of Representatives in 2026, as was widely speculated.
SF Politics London Breed Confirms She Is Thinking of Running for Pelosi's House Seat Former San Francisco Mayor London Breed may, indeed, be among the field of candidates vying for Nancy Pelosi's seat in Congress after she retires next year.
SF Politics Nancy Pelosi Says She'll Retire After 2026 As has been mostly expected, Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will not seek reelection next year, leaving San Francisco's House seat open for the first time in 40 years.
SF Politics Now There’s Speculation That Supervisor Connie Chan Might Run for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat Scott Wiener shook up the race by announcing this morning he’s running for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, but the publication Politico just shook it up even more, saying that SF Supervisor Connie Chan might run for that seat against him.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Formally Announces Run for Congress, Ahead of Any Pelosi Decision State Senator Scott Wiener confirmed the news that was leaked last week that he will run for Nancy Pelosi's seat in the US House of Representatives, regardless of whether Pelosi plans to retire.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Reportedly Plans to Run In Primary for SF's Congressional Seat, Whether Pelosi Retires or Not As has long been known, state Senator Scott Wiener has political ambitions beyond the California legislature, and this week he's apparently making moves.
SF Politics Pelosi Challenger Saikat Chakrabarti Officially Kicks Off His 2026 Campaign at SF’s The Chapel The 39-Year-Old Bernie bro who’s running against Nancy Pelosi next November launched his campaign in SF Wednesday night, with the curious profile of a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist who’s also made $170 million in tech.
SF Politics AWOL Texas Democrats Huddling With Newsom, Pelosi in Sacramento to Discuss Redistricting Some of the Texas Democratic elected officials who’ve left their state in hopes of thwarting Trump’s redistricting plans are now in California, talking strategy with Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi.
SF Politics 39-Year-Old Bernie Bro Challenging Nancy Pelosi for Her SF Congressional Seat in 2026 Former Silicon Valley engineer and one-time AOC chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti is lodging a longshot bid for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, with a sizable personal fortune, but very little name recognition.
SF Politics Pelosi Joins Chorus of Democrats Slamming Schumer for Supporting GOP Spending Bill Things are tense in Washington today as Congress moves to avert a government shutdown. And while there are arguments on both sides for how a shutdown would not help anyone, many Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, say that this was a "false choice" and they should have gone to the mat.
SF Politics Pelosi Has a 2026 Election Challenger, an AOC Guy Who’s Reportedly Worth At Least $100 Million 39-year-old former Stripe engineer Saikat Chakrabarti is forming a far-left challenge to take Nancy Pelosi’s seat in 2026, after burnishing his credentials with the 2016 Bernie campaign and as AOC’s chief of staff, and he has quite the personal fortune to run with.
