San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and State Sen. Scott Wiener advance in race to succeed Pelosi, CBS News projects
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Key Points:
- San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener advanced to the November election to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California's 11th Congressional District, according to CBS News projections.
- The district covers most of San Francisco except for a few neighborhoods, with eight Democrats, two Republicans, and one no party preference candidate initially running.
- Chan, endorsed by Pelosi, was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020, while Wiener, endorsed by the California Democratic Party, has served in the state Senate since 2016 and previously on the Board of Supervisors.
- Other notable Democratic candidates included Saikat Chakrabarti, who spent the most money in the race ($8.8 million) and has a background working with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- Republicans David Ganezer and Jingchao Xiong, and no party preference candidate Nathan Deer, were also in the race but did not advance.