Report: Democrat California State Sen. to Challenge Nancy Pelosi in Primary

[rangerrebew]

Report: Democrat California State Sen. to Challenge Nancy Pelosi in Primary
 
Elizabeth Weibel18 Oct 2025245
 
A California Democrat state senator is reportedly planning to challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi D-CA), who has not yet announced if she will run for re-election or retire, according to multiple reports.


California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) will reportedly announce his plans to unseat Pelosi “next week,” several “allies briefed on his plans” told Politico. The report that Wiener will allegedly challenge Pelosi comes as Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), has launched a primary challenge against Pelosi.

Per Politico:

Pelosi, 85, hasn’t said if she plans to run for another term in 2026. Wiener’s abrupt foray into the race comes as Pelosi already faces a stronger-than-expected primary challenger in Saikat Chakrabarti, a wealthy former tech executive who previously worked as chief of staff to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

One person familiar with Wiener’s thinking said he’s eager to launch his campaign now to start fundraising, noting Chakrabarti has poured $700,000 of his money into the race.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/18/report-democrat-california-state-sen-to-challenge-nancy-pelosi-in-primary/

[libertybele]

I thought that Nancy had already said she won't be running again ... she's a dinosaur and a relic and she needs to enjoy what life she  may have left.

[rangerrebew]

The Charge of the Light Brigade

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the democrats!” he said.
Into the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred.

II
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
   Someone had blundered.
   Theirs not to make reply,
   Theirs not to reason why,
   Theirs but to do and die.
   Into the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred.

III
Democrat lunatics to right of them,
Democrat Lunatics to left of them,
Democrat Lunatics in front of them
   Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with lies and falsehoods,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
   Rode the six hundred Conservatives.

IV
Flashed all their truths bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging Democrats, while
   All the world wondered.
Plunged in the communist smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Democrats and Rinos
Reeled from the sabre stroke
   Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
   Not the six hundred Conservatives.

V
Democrat Lunatics to right of them,
Democrat Lunatics to left of them,
Democrat Lunatics behind them
   screamed and rioted;
Stormed at with inuendo and lies,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Leftist hell,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
   Left of six hundred Conservatives.

VI
Will America's glory soon fade?
O the wild charge they made!
   All the world wondered.
Dishonor the charge they made!
Dishonor the Light Brigade,
   Noble six hundred conservatives lives were paid!

[Wingnut]

Old and infirm, San Fran Nan is the female version Mitch the bitch McConnell.  They are both one more fall away from the undertaker. 

[libertybele]

Old and infirm, San Fran Nan is the female version Mitch the bitch McConnell.  They are both one more fall away from the undertaker.

Truth. You painted a very accurate picture. 

[Fishrrman]

If this upstart leftie starts to gain real traction, he had better be watchin' his back.
pelosi doesn't play games when her authority is challenged...

[GtHawk]

I thought that Nancy had already said she won't be running again ... she's a dinosaur and a relic and she needs to enjoy what life she  may have left.

I thought when she said she wouldn’t be running again, it was after she broke her hip and she was actually talking about running . She is like all the OLD politicians who will never retire unless finally denied by the voters or nature.

[PeteS in CA]

This "picture" of Scott Wiener tells you what you need to know:

[Kamaji]

This "picture" of Scott Wiener tells you what you need to know: