August 12, 2026

Nancy Pelosi’s retirement was supposed to clear the runway for Scott Wiener — but now the power broker is reportedly moving to stop her own presumed successor. Politico says Pelosi’s political machine has spent weeks trying to sink Wiener and boost San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan instead, turning a routine succession into an ugly intraparty knife fight. The trigger: a chatbot campaign stunt that Pelosi blasted, exposing just how bitter the battle for her seat has become.

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