Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100 words or less. Answers will be published every Monday.
CA-11, the congressional district that Connie Chan and Scott Wiener are running to represent, includes most of San Francisco. Some southern neighborhoods (the Excelsior, Portola, Visitacion Valley and Ingleside) are a part of a neighboring district.
What do the two San Francisco congressional candidates think of our mayor? That’s what we asked them this week. Whoever replaces Nancy Pelosi as the city’s representative will work with the mayor at times.
Though Mayor Daniel Lurie is more ideologically aligned with Scott Wiener, he has not (yet) endorsed either candidate in the race.
This week’s question: How would you rate Daniel Lurie’s performance as mayor so far? Would you support him for reelection? (The candidates are color coded based on the second question.)
Mission Local color codes the answers to yes/no questions. A green background means the candidate answered yes, a red background means no, and a yellow background means that the candidate dodged the question.
Scott Wiener
- Job: San Francisco’s State Senator
- Age: 56
- Residency: Homeowner, moved to San Francisco in 1997
- Transportation: Public transit and walking
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from Duke, law degree from Harvard
- Languages: English, Spanish
Mayor Lurie is doing a phenomenal job shepherding our city’s strong recovery from the pandemic. The Mayor and I partner closely on street conditions and public safety, housing, and funding for Muni, BART, and Caltrain to prevent service cuts. The Mayor is an invaluable partner, and he has my support.
When I get to Congress, I’ll continue to partner with the Mayor to ensure San Francisco has the federal resources it needs to continue the city’s economic recovery, ensure our transit systems thrive, and build the affordable homes we so desperately need.
Endorsed by: The California Democratic Party, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sierra Club, San Francisco YIMBY, Grow SF, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, North Coast States Carpenters Union, Dolores Huerta … read more here.
Connie Chan
- Job: San Francisco District 1 Supervisor
- Age: 47
- Residency: Homeowner, has lived in San Francisco since she was 13
- Transportation: Driving, public transit, and walking
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis
- Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
As budget chair, I have worked with Mayor Daniel Lurie to protect essential services, strengthen our reserves against Trump’s cuts, and advance tenant protections. We have faced serious challenges and together provided strong, collaborative leadership at City Hall.
While we have not agreed on every decision, I appreciate his pragmatic approach, his willingness to listen and his focus on getting results. The mayor hasn’t announced whether he’ll seek reelection, so my priority is continuing our partnership and delivering for San Franciscans now.
Endorsed by: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Congressman Ro Khanna, California Federation of Labor Unions, SEIU California, San Francisco Labor Council, Working Families Party, San Francisco Tenant’s Union … read more here.
Candidates are ordered alphabetically and rotated each week. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at io@missionlocal.com or yujie@missionlocal.com.
Election Day is on Nov. 3, 2026. You can register to vote via the sf.gov website.
Rather lame non-answer by Chan
No I do not support Connie Chan or Scott Wiener. Both have done nothing for working people especially the black community(?)????what’s left of it.
This is just more selectively choosing candidates to compliment the status quo.
And what has Lurie done(?)??? The mission is still a mess worse 6th Street is disgusting Lurie has taken allocated funds away from the Black community and given ig to others Mayor Lurie has courted big tech and dismissed the working class what’s left of it.
Tell me one positive thing Lurie had gone gof ” the people” of SF not the realtors not AI not promised to trump what has he done???
It’s a damn shame this city is full of wanna bees taking funding and money to build up one community and they are neither black or brown 2 communities the Asian community who have bought the city…damn shame
Phyllis, your comment feels a little racist toward Asians….
Dan Lurie has fostered a more polarized experience in San Francisco. The City should return to its legacy of more acceptance.
The city does not have a history of acceptance at all. In all my decades here all I have seen is conflicts between different groups e.g. landlords versus tenants, NIMBYs versus YIMBYs, cyclists versus drivers, techies versus luddites and so on. The city appears to love tribes and tribal battles.
Lurie is trying to put an end to all that.