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United States Representative, District 11

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United States Representative, District 11

This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

This is an open seat. Both November candidates are Democrats. State Senator Scott Wiener led the June 2 primary with 40.7%. San Francisco supervisor Connie Chan took 29.7%. The district covers most of San Francisco.

The winner holds one of 435 seats in the U.S. House for a two-year term. A member introduces bills, sits on committees that shape federal legislation, votes on the federal budget and on war powers, and handles casework between constituents and federal agencies. Because this seat is open, whoever wins starts at the bottom of the seniority ladder that governs committee assignments.

With two Democrats on the ballot, party is not the axis. One brings a substantial state legislative record and the largest individual-donor base in this part of the ballot; the other brings city government experience and about a quarter of the money. Both are funded overwhelmingly by individuals rather than committees, which is unusual and means neither is notably beholden to institutional donors.

Scott Wiener

Scott Wiener has served San Francisco for many years, first as a deputy city attorney, then on the Board of Supervisors, and since 2016 in the state Senate. He is known statewide for writing laws that made it easier to build housing near transit. He chairs the state Senate's Elections Committee.

He says he wants to keep standing up to the Trump administration on issues like immigration and civil rights, pointing to a law he wrote that makes it illegal for masked immigration agents to hide their identity. In 2026 he voted no on his own committee against a bill to bar all registered sex offenders from running for office. With two other members not voting, the bill fell short of the votes it needed. He said the ban should apply only to the most serious, lifetime registrants.

He promises to keep pushing to build more homes nationally and to expand federal funding for transit. He says he will defend federal research funding from cuts and keep fighting for LGBTQ rights and immigrant communities.

Connie Chan

Connie Chan immigrated to San Francisco from Hong Kong at age 13. She later graduated from UC Davis and worked as a legislative aide to several city officials, including then District Attorney Kamala Harris. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020 and has chaired its Budget Committee since 2023. She calls herself a daughter of Chinatown.

In 2020, during the protests after George Floyd's killing, she supported a push to shift some police funding toward community programs, a stance an opposition group called Clear Out Connie later used against her. She won reelection anyway in 2024. She says her own experience as an immigrant and renter shapes her politics.

She promises to fight for affordable housing, protect small businesses, and stand up for workers and immigrant families. She says her campaign will not take money from corporate PACs or from oil, tobacco or gun industry lobbyists. If elected she would be the first Asian American to represent San Francisco in Congress.

Record in office

This seat is open — no candidate on the November ballot currently holds it. Scott Wiener (Democratic) is a sitting State Senator and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 11 of them signed into law. Connie Chan has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-09-21.

Financial info

Scott Wiener

$4,561,120raised
  • Individuals$4,450,68398%
  • PACs & committees$93,6762%

Connie Chan

$1,094,321raised
  • Individuals$940,67186%
  • PACs & committees$152,50014%

Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-09-21.

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