Connie Chan
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 11
Connie Chan is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She has represented District 1 since January 2021. That is the Richmond District. She also chairs the Board's Budget Committee. She has held that role since February 2023. She was born in British Hong Kong. She came to the United States as a child immigrant and English learner. She grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown. She graduated from Galileo Academy of Science and Technology. She went on to the University of California, Davis. She earned a bachelor's degree there. Before the Board, she was a legislative aide. She served Supervisors Sophie Maxwell and Aaron Peskin. She worked for then-District Attorney Kamala Harris. She was her public safety and communications aide. She was also a representative for then-Assemblymember Kevin Mullin. She held administrative and communications roles in two more places. One was the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. The other was City College of San Francisco. In November 2025, she announced her House run. She is seeking California's 11th Congressional District seat. She wants to succeed retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi. She advanced from the top-two primary alongside state Senator Scott Wiener. Home: San Francisco, California, in the Richmond District. Occupation: San Francisco Supervisor, District 1. Chair of the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee. Prior office: incumbent San Francisco Supervisor, District 1, since 2021. She held no elected office before 2020. This is her first run for federal office.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports raising the minimum wage and strengthening worker protections while easing regulatory burdens on small businesses, and opposes the Trump administration's tariffs.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports raising taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations, framing her economic platform around affordability for working families (childcare, housing, food security).
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports Medicare for All and protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Supports a pathway to citizenship and protecting San Francisco's sanctuary city status, and opposes ICE enforcement raids.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion, and lists LGBTQ+ rights as a campaign priority.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports fully funding public schools and making community college and higher education tuition-free.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports Green New Deal-style investment in clean energy and championed a ban on oil extraction within San Francisco as a local official.
Source → - Foreign Policy & Defense
Opposes U.S. military aid and weapons transfers to Israel and calls for an arms embargo amid the Gaza conflict, and has pledged not to accept AIPAC-linked funding.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Has pledged to refuse contributions from corporate PACs, AIPAC/its lobbyists, the NRA, and executives from pharmaceutical, energy, fossil fuel, and tobacco companies, framing this as fighting billionaire influence in politics.
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Favors sector-specific AI regulation prioritizing worker protection, supports breaking up tech monopolies, favors amending Section 230 to require social-media platforms to fact-check content, and opposes mainstream cryptocurrency adoption and a federal digital currency absent stronger consumer-privacy safeguards.
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