Scott Wiener takes commanding lead over Connie Chan in S.F. congressional race

State Sen. Scott Wiener leads Supervisor Connie Chan 55% to 45% in San Francisco's congressional race to replace Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, with 35% of votes counted as of Tuesday night. The winner will be the city's first new congressional representative in 39 years and is expected to hold the seat for decades. Wiener's coalition outspent Chan's by more than $10 million, and his YIMBY urbanist record contrasted with Chan's tenant-protection focus and union-heavy endorsements. Despite Pelosi's endorsement of Chan and conventional wisdom favoring late voters skewing toward her, election observers consider Chan's current position insufficient for a comeback. Both candidates broadly aligned on national policy, with their sharpest differences centered on AI regulation, housing approach, and the scope of arms restrictions to Israel.