Nancy Pelosi endorses SF Supervisor Connie Chan in the race to replace her in Congress
Chan is seeking Pelosi's seat and discussed her healthcare priorities after receiving Pelosi's endorsement.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The page attributes the reporting to KGO, an established local television newsroom, and presents identifiable reporting and direct quotes. Yahoo News is the distributor rather than the apparent source of the reporting.
- Source type — Reporting is attributed to KGO, an established local news organization.
- Author attribution — KGO is identified as the author, though no individual reporter is named.
- Transparency — The story identifies its interview source and includes direct quotations.
The brief report provides direct quotes from Pelosi and Chan and identifies other contenders, but offers little independent context or competing perspectives on the endorsement or the candidates.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents Pelosi’s endorsement and Chan’s views but does not include the other candidates’ perspectives or responses to the endorsement.
- Source diversity — Pelosi and Chan are quoted, but no other candidate or independent source is included.
- Counterarguments presented — No counterargument or response from another candidate appears.
- Loaded language — The language is generally neutral.
The report uses straightforward language to describe the endorsement and Chan’s policy comments, without an evident partisan framing.
- Language tone — The wording is descriptive and does not use loaded characterizations.
- Framing — The article reports the endorsement and candidate comments without an evident partisan judgment.
Republished with credit
Republished from ABC7 San Francisco, with credit to the original publisher.
14 stories · 75–78 · updated Oct 9, 2026
This is ABC7 San Francisco's own score, and this article is credited to ABC7 San Francisco. The host score in the Source Check is Yahoo News's.
Nancy Pelosi endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan in the race to succeed her in Congress. Chan discussed her campaign’s healthcare priorities, while the article identified Saikat Chakrabarti and Scott Wiener as other leading contenders.
Pelosi announced her endorsement of Chan, saying she knows the district, Congress and Chan, and urging voters to elect her. Pelosi is retiring at the end of her term next January after more than 40 years in office; the article describes Chan as one of three leading contenders for the seat.
In an interview, Chan said healthcare and medication costs burden residents and called for reversing healthcare cuts and expanding coverage. She described the Affordable Care Act as a foundation for further progress. The article also names Saikat Chakrabarti and Scott Wiener as other candidates seeking the seat.
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8 VOTESPeople in this story
SWIPE →Outgoing representative endorsing Connie Chan as her successor
Pelosi's version of this story ↗Candidate seeking Pelosi's seat
Representative identified as Chakrabarti's former chief of staff
State senator and candidate seeking Pelosi's seat
Part of a bigger story
15 OUTLETSNancy Pelosi endorsed San Francisco supervisor Connie Chan in the race to succeed her in Congress. Left-leaning outlets pair the endorsement with polling on Chan’s primary prospects. Center outlets frame it as a high-profile boost and add details about the field, polling, fundraising or rival candidates’ responses. Right-leaning outlets also provide primary context, while some give more attention to criticism of Pelosi’s choice or Chan’s record.
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