San Francisco supe Connie Chan announces run for Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress

by Dan McMenamin, Bay City News November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan on Thursday announced she is running for Congress to replace House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.

Chan represents the Richmond District and other neighborhoods in District 1 on the west end of the city. After first being elected as supervisor in 2020, Chan was reelected in 2024 and serves as chair of the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee.

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Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.

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