Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday endorsed former San Francisco City Manager Connie Chan in the race to take her seat in Congress. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI | License Photo
May 18 (UPI) -- House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed San Francisco City Supervisor Connie Chan in the race to succeed her for her seat in Congress.
Pelosi on Monday called Chan "the leader best prepared to carry forward the fight for San Francisco in the Congress of the United States," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Pelosi, who is the only female Speaker of the House of Representatives in the history of the United States, had voters waiting on whether she would weigh in and endorse a candidate to claim the seat that she announced last November that she would not run for reelection to retain.
"The past six months have given San Franciscans the opportunity to hear candidates for Congress make their case for the future of our city and country," Pelosi said in a statement.
