Connie Chan gets the Pelosi endorsement she needs

SAN FRANCISCO

Lee Heidhues 5.18.2026

It’s a long way Connie Chan to the top if you want to Rock ‘n Roll.

‘Progressives’ are being taken in by Saikat Chakrabarti’s political pandering to the ‘Progressives’. Saikat is nothing more than a Carpetbagger coming to San Francisco. Thinking he can bamboozle the electorate. Saikat can’t and won’t. I am posting this is as a registered Green Party member for most of the past 35 years. For the record I am voting for Connie Chan, a San Francisco Supervisor whose politics lean left with a very practical outlook,

State Senator Scott Wiener totally disrespected Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi by trying to force her out of the race announcing his intention to challenge this San Francisco icon and speed her retirement. It was a fatal political error on his part. You just don’t make that play with San Francisco royalty.

San Francisco Chronicle – 5.18.2026

It took too long. It is a long time in coming. And long overdue

New York Times – 5.18.2026
Mission Local. San Francisco – 5.18.2026
KQED 88.5FM – San Francisco – 5.18.2026

Nancy Pelosi finally endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan in her race to succeed Ms. Pelosi in Congress.

SFiST – San Francisco – 5.18.2026
CNN Politics – 5.18 2026

This endorsement vastly increases Connie’s chance to enter the runoff in the November election

POLITICO – 5.18.2026