Connie Chan

Connie Chan arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong at thirteen with her mother and younger brother, settling into a Chinatown apartment.¹ Her mother took City College classes and became a claims processor at Chinese Hospital.¹ Chan now lives in the Richmond District with her partner, Ed, a firefighter, their son and Australian shepherd, Urso.¹

After Galileo High School and a bachelor's degree at UC Davis, Chan began as a volunteer Chinese interpreter for attorneys providing free legal help.¹ Community organizing and legislative work followed, including service for Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and District Attorney Kamala Harris.¹

Chan was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020 and has chaired its budget committee since 2023.¹ Her budget work includes immigration legal services proposals and reserves intended to protect city programs from federal funding cuts.¹

Her congressional campaign emphasizes housing working families can afford and lower healthcare, education and childcare costs.² She also supports labor organizing and stronger worker protections, framing her agenda around public services and economic opportunity.³ Chan and state Senator Scott Wiener, both Democrats, are the November finalists for the seat Nancy Pelosi is leaving.²