CA-11: Chakrabarti (D) keeps campaign troops in the field for Chan (D)
Shortly after being knocked out of the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress in the June 2 primary, centimillionaire and progressive activist Saikat Chakrabarti gathered campaign staffers for a bonfire on Ocean Beach. Attendees at the event said he talked about the idea of working to support former opponent Connie Chan as an alternative to state Sen. Scott Wiener.
While not all took the offer, a core group of organizers — largely in their 20s and new to politics — jumped at the chance. Ultimately, more than 100 workers joined Chakrabarti’s new independent SF Solidarity PAC effort, mostly as door-to-door canvassers.
Six days per week, the operation has been phone-banking and running canvassing crews in support of Chan, who represents District 1 on the Board of Supervisors, across Pelosi’s 11th Congressional district, which covers all but a southern chunk of The City.
The committee also provided support to Melat Kiros, a progressive Democratic candidate for Congress who just won an upset primary victory in Colorado.
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