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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino

California Democrat to run for congressional seat held by Nancy Pelosi

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Scott Wiener speaks in San Francisco on 1 October 2025. Photograph: Drew Altizer Photography/Shutterstock

Scott Wiener, the California state senator, is expected to run for the San Francisco congressional district long held by Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, as young Democrats across the country are pushing for generational change.

Pelosi, 85, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, stepped aside as the Democratic leader in 2022 but has not yet said whether she intends to seek a 21st term next year for the seat she has held since 1987. The San Francisco Standard first reported that the 55-year-old Wiener, a prominent San Francisco Democrat who had been waiting for Pelosi to retire to run for the seat, would announce his candidacy in the coming weeks.

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