U.S. House — California 11th Congressional District
✦ AI Race Summary
Open seat. CA-11 covers most of San Francisco. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is retiring after nearly four decades in Congress. Eight Democrats, two Republicans, and one independent filed — the most contested SF House primary in a generation. The frontrunners as of May 2026 are State Sen. Scott Wiener, Supervisor Connie Chan, former AOC chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, and ConnectedSF founder Marie Hurabiell. Housing, public safety, and federal AI/tech policy are the dominant issues.
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Two-term State Senator (SD-11, San Francisco/Daly City), elected 2016. Former San Francisco Supervisor (D8, 2010–2016). Author of SB 35 (2017), SB 423 (2023), and SB 79 (2025) — the three biggest housing-streamlining laws in California in a decade. Also authored SB 63, the 2025 regional-transit funding measure.
Abundance Network · Endorsed
BAJC-Action · Endorsed
Hindu United Vote · Endorsed
United Democratic Club · Endorsed
Association for the Advancement of Asians · Endorsed
Native San Franciscan and founder/executive director of ConnectedSF, a moderate civic-engagement organization with 13,000+ members across all 11 SF supervisorial districts. Former Stop Crime Action board member; played an organizing role in the recalls of DA Chesa Boudin and three SFUSD board members. Georgetown undergraduate, Penn Law graduate.
Two-term San Francisco Supervisor for District 1 (Richmond/Inner Sunset/Lone Mountain). Former aide to Supervisor Eric Mar and former public-information officer at the SF Department of Public Health. Endorsed by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.
Former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (2019); co-founder of Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats. Early Stripe employee. Co-founded the Green New Deal think tank New Consensus after leaving Capitol Hill.
First-time candidate.
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Long-time California newspaper publisher; previous candidate for state Senate.
First-time candidate.