{"id":2609888,"date":"2026-06-03T03:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wiener-chakrabarti-advance-in-race-to-succeed-nancy-pelosi\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:18:56","slug":"wiener-chakrabarti-advance-in-race-to-succeed-nancy-pelosi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wiener-chakrabarti-advance-in-race-to-succeed-nancy-pelosi\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiener, Chakrabarti advance in race to succeed Nancy Pelosi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwiener-chakrabarti-advance-in-race-to-succeed-nancy-pelosi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) was declared one of the winners in California\u2019s primary Tuesday for the open U.S. House seat in the 11th District currently held by rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).With about 49% of votes counted early Wednesday,Wiener had 41.3% (44,479 votes). His closest challengers were Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, at 28.6% (30,853 votes), and Saikat Chakrabarti, a tech entrepreneur and former AOC campaign manager, at 14.9% (16,093 votes).<\/p>\n<p>The race was the most competitive for the district in nearly four decades and featured 11 candidates. Pelosi, in her 18th term and a major figure in U.S. politics, did not endorse Wiener or Chakrabarti; instead, she backed Chan, including appearing at a Chan event over the weekend. Chan also received an endorsement from Sen.Adam Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>wiener, 56, has been in the state Senate since 2016 and is known for work on LGBT rights, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">climate change<\/a>, and fair housing. He has also criticized president Donald Trump\u2019s plan to send National Guard troops to San Francisco. Chakrabarti,  wealthy and self-funded largely, has argued Democrats need generational change and focused his campaign on housing affordability with proposals aimed at enabling federal financing for low-cost housing progress. The district includes most of San Francisco except its southernmost neighborhoods.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOS ANGELES <\/strong>\u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/sd11.senate.ca.gov\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/sd11.senate.ca.gov\/\">State Sen. Scott Wiener<\/a> (D-CA) was declared one of the winners in California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a> on\u00a0Tuesday to advance to the general election for the seat held by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"454\">Rep. Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) in the\u00a011th Congressional District. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With roughly\u00a049%\u00a0of the vote counted on early Wednesday morning, Wiener was at 41.3% with 44,479 votes and declared as one of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/california-primary-results-us-house\/#11\">winners of the primary<\/a>, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.\u00a0Connie Chan, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Saikat Chakrabarti, a tech entrepreneur and former campaign manager for then-candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are vying for second place and the right to advance to the general election. As of early Wednesday morning, Chan was at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/california-primary-results-us-house\/#11\">28.6%<\/a> with 30,853 votes, and Chakrabarti was at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/california-primary-results-us-house\/#11\">14.9%<\/a> with 16,093 votes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4591179\/iowa-congressional-1st-district-primary-miller-meeks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Miller-Meeks advances in race for one of the most competitive House seats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4590100\/supreme-court-alabama-gop-congressional-map\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court allows Alabama to use GOP-friendly congressional map<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4590335\/iowa-democratic-senate-primary-2026\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Josh Turek wins Iowa Democratic Senate primary<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest was the first truly competitive race for the Northern California seat in nearly four decades and had a crowded field of 11 candidates. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi, 86, who is in her 18th term in Congress, is regarded as one of the most powerful women in U.S.\u00a0political\u00a0history. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House and was the chief architect of the Affordable Care Act. She\u00a0did not endorse either Wiener or Chakrabarti, instead opting late last month to back Chan. Two weeks ago, she endorsed Chan. Over the weekend, Pelosi showed up at an event for Chan wearing a T-shirt with \u201cCONNIE\u201d across her chest.\u00a0Chan also picked up an endorsement from Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA). <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiener, 56, was elected to the state Senate in 2016, where he wrote more than 100 laws.\u00a0The Harvard-educated attorney chairs the state Senate Budget Committee and\u00a0wants to join the new class of Democrats in Congress. He is known around Sacramento for championing LGBT rights, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me\/\" title=\"Climate Czar John Kerry On Private Jet Travel: \u2018It\u2019s The Only Choice For Somebody Like Me\u2019\">combating climate change<\/a>, and pushing for fair housing. He made headlines for pushing back against President Donald Trump\u2019s order to send National Guard troops to San Francisco and has consistently said he would be the strongest candidate to challenge the sitting president. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chakrabarti,\u00a0a wealthy ex-tech executive and former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), has said Democrats\u00a0are craving a generational change and need a \u201cnew kind of leader who is not a part of the establishment, because the establishment has failed us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The progressive candidate, who has largely self-funded his campaign, has focused on housing affordability and said his proposals will help San Franciscans from being priced out of the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4574148\/nancy-pelosi-endorses-connie-chan-congress\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4574148\">PELOSI ENDORSES CONNIE CHAN TO SUCCEED HER IN CONGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe centerpiece of my housing plan is creating a federal financing entity that can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >directly provide low-cost loans<\/a> to make sure affordable housing actually gets built,\u201d he said. \u201cIt can even do things like spin off public developers to build the housing if private markets won\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California\u2019s 11th District covers all but the southernmost neighborhoods of San Francisco. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; Scott Wiener declared primary winner to face Pelosi seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2609889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26052698749057.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[80746,41096,33723,32551,80745],"class_list":["post-2609888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chakrabarti","tag-congressional-leadership","tag-house-democrats","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-wiener"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26052698749057.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609892,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609888\/revisions\/2609892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}