- State
- California
- Office / race
- U.S. House
- Party
- Democratic
- Reviewed
- October 24, 2026
- District
- 11
Career timeline
The November matchup
Connie Chan and Scott Wiener, both Democrats, are the listed general-election candidates for California’s 11th Congressional District. The House Clerk’s October 8 candidate roster confirms the matchup.
Sources: U.S. House Clerk — 2026 general-election nominees, October 8 ↗
An immigrant childhood in San Francisco
Chan’s campaign biography describes arriving in San Francisco at 13 with her mother and brother and settling in a rent-controlled Chinatown apartment. She attended Galileo High School and the University of California, Davis. Before holding elected office, she volunteered as a Chinese-language interpreter in legal outreach and worked with neighborhood and youth organizations. Those experiences form the personal background of her campaign’s emphasis on tenants and public services.
A career inside local government
Her résumé also includes work for Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, then-District Attorney Kamala Harris, Supervisor Aaron Peskin and Assemblymember Kevin Mullin. She held communications and administrative responsibilities involving recreation, parks and City College. Her campaign presents that sequence as preparation for navigating government agencies. It is a record of staff and administrative work as well as electoral politics, rather than a career that began with her first campaign.
From District 1 to a congressional campaign
Chan won election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2020 and took office in January 2021. She won another term in 2024, again defeating Marjan Philhour. Her congressional bid followed Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she would retire from Congress. Chan announced her candidacy in November 2025 and advanced alongside Wiener in the June 2026 primary. These are separate contests: success in a neighborhood supervisor election is part of her record, while the congressional result remains to be decided.
Housing is a substantive dividing line
An October 23 San Francisco Chronicle analysis describes Chan and Wiener as offering different approaches to housing. Chan’s record emphasizes tenant protections and local decision-making; Wiener favors reducing regulatory barriers to construction. The comparison concerns how housing gets approved and who bears its costs, rather than simply whether either candidate supports more affordable homes.
Sources: San Francisco Chronicle — Chan and Wiener housing records, October 23, 2026 ↗
How to assess the record
The useful comparison is between Chan’s decisions as a supervisor and the federal responsibilities she now seeks. Her local electoral record establishes experience in city government; it does not establish a congressional voting record. Readers can examine her published campaign biography alongside independent accounts of her supervisor elections and congressional candidacy, then compare the source-linked profile of her opponent.
Prepared with AI assistance. Source-based reporting checked on October 24, 2026. This article does not update automatically. Read our editorial standards.
