People gather at Senator Scott Wiener's election party at his campaign headquarters on election night in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

In the waning minutes of Election Day in California, State Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan look likely to advance to the general election to replace House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco's representative in Congress.

They are two of three major Democratic candidates that jumped into the highly competitive race to replace the retiring Pelosi, with tech millionaire Saikat Chakrabarti being the third.

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Wiener, 56, a well-known state legislator and poster child for the pro-housing YIMBY movement, secured 41% of the vote, according to live results from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Chan received almost 29% of the vote, while Chakrabarti was trailing behind at almost 15% as of 11:50 p.m. Tuesday. The New York Times estimated that about 50% of expected votes had been tallied.

Wiener addressed supporters in San Francisco shortly after 9........

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