Nancy Pelosi endorses Connie Chan in high-profile race to succeed her

Chan’s competition includes state Sen. Scott Weiner and wealthy former tech executive Saikat Chakrabarti, a co-founder of the progressive group Justice Democrats.

After months of resisting endorsing a successor, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the former House speaker, officially threw her support behind a fellow progressive, San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Connie Chan, on Monday.

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Voters in Pelosi’s liberal San Francisco district head to the polls in two weeks to select the top two candidates who will square off in the November general election.

“I know and love this district. I know the Congress, and I know Connie,” Pelosi says in a short video, in which she is seated alongside Chan with the image of the Golden Gate Bridge behind them. “I’m proud to endorse Democrat Connie Chan and ask you to join me in electing her to Congress.”