NBC News - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she would not seek re-election sets up a clearer picture of the race to be San Francisco's next representative — and of how Democrats want to chart the future of their party at a moment of generational change.
The two main contenders for Pelosi's district — Scott Wiener, a California state senator, and Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — had already jumped into the race ahead of Pelosi's decision. Others could toss their hats in the ring ahead of next June's all-party primary, but already the two existing candidates' views reflect different wings of the Democratic Party.
In interviews with NBC News, Wiener said that he has a record of building diverse coalitions and delivering on legislation, while Chakrabarti touted his push for "whole scale, structural change." The perspectives reflect the wider party debate about whether to seek political change through practical advances within existing systems or by overhauling those longstanding systems entirely. Read the full story.
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