Connie Chan

Connie Chan earned a high school diploma from Galileo High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis.[1][2]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Trump and Congressional Republicans are waging war on working families. They're cutting healthcare, slashing food programs, hiking prices with illegal tariffs, and rigging the system for billionaires and corporations. San Francisco families are paying the price, and we need a fighter in Washington who will hit back.

I'm a working mom and first-generation immigrant who grew up in a rent-controlled apartment in Chinatown. I know exactly what's at stake for our families. And I have a proven record of fighting back.

As Budget Chair for the Board of Supervisors, I advocated for better wages, built affordable housing, supported small businesses, and created jobs. When Trump cut healthcare and food programs, I restored funding and delivered for our families. I've taken on billionaires and special interests my entire career, and I won't stop.

In Congress, I'll fight Trump and tariffs that are driving up costs for working families, pass Medicare for All to lower healthcare costs, restore funding to Medicare, MediCal and reproductive healthcare, stop ICE from terrorizing our immigrant communities and fight corruption so government works for the people, not the powerful.

I'll always put working people first.

Our campaign is endorsed by a broad coalition that includes U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, former Mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos, Supervisors Jackie Fielder, Shamann Walton, Chyanne Chen, teachers, nurses, firefighters and many more.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

As an immigrant, I've seen how Trump's cruel and inhumane immigration policies are spreading fear and tearing communities apart. I'll fight to end those policies and get ICE out while working to create pathways to citizenship, protect birthright and naturalized citizenship from Trump attacks and protect San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city.I'll advocate for a quality education for every child. In Congress, I'll work to fully fund our public schools and stop Trump’s efforts to dismantle public education, expand affordable child care and early education programs, make community college free nationwide and eliminate student loan debt.I know every family deserves accessible health care. I'll reverse Trump cuts to healthcare and reduce Affordable Care Act premiums, expand Medicare with in-home health services to ease the burden on families and allow seniors to live independently longer, allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and end surprise billing and fight for universal healthcare and Medicare for All.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I know how families are struggling to pay for every day costs. I'll work to create housing our working families can afford, push to lower the cost of health care, education and child care and take on the big corporations that drive up prices. I'm proud to be endorsed by the Working Families Party, teachers, nurses, firefighters, hotel workers, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, community leaders and trusted organizations that know I'll be a champion for working people.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

U.S. Senator Adam Schiff

Congresswoman Judy Chu

Former Mayors Willie Brown & Art Agnos

Former Assemblymember Phil Ting

Former Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee

Supervisors Chyanne Chen, Shamann Walton and Jackie Fielder

Former Supervisor Dean Preston, Tom Ammiano & Sophie Maxwell

LGBTQ Activist Cleve Jones

Jonathan Moscone, Arts leader, son of late Mayor

George Moscone

San Francisco Women's Political Committee

National Nurses United

American Federation of Teachers

National Education Association

San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798

California Federation of Labor Unions

SEIU California

UNITE HERE

Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

Rose Pak Asian American Club

San Francisco Tenants Union

League of Pissed Off Voters

AROC

Campaign websitesChan's campaign website stated the following:Lowering the Cost of Living, Expanding OpportunityConnie Chan understands that the affordability crisis is driven by both skyrocketing costs and shrinking opportunities for working people. For the past 40 years, productivity has gone up, but real wages have been stagnant for most workers. Small businesses have been squeezed by ever larger corporations. And in recent years, costs have gone through the roof, making it more difficult for all but the very wealthiest Americans to get by. Connie is committed to addressing both sides of the affordability crisis: costs and earnings. Connie will work to build housing working people and families can afford, protect the Affordable Care Act and expand Medicaid to bring down health premiums, and lower utility and energy costs for all by expanding our green infrastructure. San Francisco has been a leader in addressing child care costs but with federal support, we can do more - she will work to pass legislation that brings down the cost of child care while ensuring early child care educators earn a living wage.At the same time, Connie will support investments in manufacturing and construction to support middle income job creation and sectoral diversification, push for funding for career technical education to expand high-paying options for workers, and work in solidarity with organized labor to raise the national minimum wage and secure fair wages for all workers – in the United States and our major trading partners. She’ll also work to ensure that the benefits of technological progress are broadly shared by all. Connie will ensure that our public K-12 schools are fully resourced; restore and redouble national investment in our research universities and the innovations they drive; and stand up for sensible oversight of fair, competitive, and innovative financial markets.Finally, Connie will fight Donald Trump’s ridiculous and costly tariff policies which are hurting American workers and small businesses while pushing prices even higher for working families.HousingWe need to build and support housing that our families can afford in ways that support vibrant, sustainable communities. Connie understands that a lack of funding has stalled far too many long-approved projects and that deregulation won’t build the housing San Francisco needs. The federal government can do much more to provide grants and low-interest loans to finance low- and middle-income housing, expand the housing tax credits that spur sustainable mixed use development, increase rental assistance to vulnerable tenants, and support innovative social housing programs designed to enable working families to remain in our cities. Connie knows that relying on corporate developers to build affordable housing hasn’t worked - we need direct federal investments in housing and transit so we can guarantee our City workforce can afford to live and thrive in San Francisco. She will make a commitment to secure the resources needed to create both low-income and middle-income housing, expand the paths to home ownership for first-time buyers, and protect tenants.ImmigrationSan Francisco is a city that was built by immigrants. No city in the nation understands more the importance of standing up for our immigrant communities and all those who have been targeted by Donald Trump. As a first generation immigrant, Connie feels this deeply and supports creating a pathway to citizenship, protecting and reaffirming birthright citizenship, and protecting San Francisco as a sanctuary city.Connie will stand up to the Trump Administration and demand an end to the raids that terrorize our immigrant communities, violate due process, and undermine our rights. She will call for full accountability of any administration official who has violated the law and the due process of our residents. And she’ll push for comprehensive immigration reform, humane border security, and an end to the inhuman abuses and discriminatory practices of ICE and CBP.Workers' RightsConnie has been a strong supporter of labor unions, collective bargaining, and workers’ rights. As Supervisor, she worked to strengthen protections for workers, raise wages, and combat wage theft. In Congress, she’ll work to empower American workers by protecting their right to organize and unionize.Connie will cosponsor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to provide more workers with the freedom to organize and negotiate with their employers. And she will work to strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act and its related agencies to ensure that workers are protected on the job - and that we have the oversight to make sure safe workplace rules are enforced.Health CareConnie Chan supports Medicare for All which guarantees that every American has a right to health care, everyone is covered, and the health care system is no longer driven by insurance companies. Connie will work to enact this critical legislation when elected to Congress. Connie also knows we have to protect the hard-won gains Americans have made thanks to the Affordable Care Act. She will push to restore funding to Medicaid, and renew subsidies that allowed families to buy insurance on the ACA exchanges. She will also support additional funding for community health clinics and restore the program to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.Connie also knows that health care research, funded by the federal government, has been fundamental in improving countless lives over the last century. San Francisco has been at the heart of these ground-breaking medical discoveries. She will fight against cuts to medical research and will demand a return to sound and non-politicized science at the FDA, CDC and other agencies that research or approve health care treatments.Reproductive RightsConnie will always fight for access to the full range of reproductive health care including abortion and affordable contraception. She will support and champion restoration of our fundamental right to make decisions about our own bodies and when and if to have children. And she will work to make sure no insurance or health care policy prohibits women from seeking the care they need and deserve.Connie will also push to restore full funding for Planned Parenthood which provides critical health services to over 2 million Americans every year.LGBTQ+Connie Chan will fight back against the bigoted and transphobic Trump agenda and work with likeminded colleagues to protect our LGBTQ+ community. She will support legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or sex, work to end the Trump prohibition on transgender men and women serving in the military, support the No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act, and she will work to ban conversion therapy nationally. Connie will also work to strengthen health access by pushing to lift any prohibitions for people on Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health programs to receive gender affirming care. She will work to increase funding for programs that support individuals living with HIV, for research into a cure for AIDS/HIV, and to support the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth – including the right of transgender youth to participate in sports teams consistent with their gender identity.EducationConnie Chan learned English attending a San Francisco public school. Public schools were a doorway to her new home in America and she believes those doorways must stay open for all students. She will vote to fully fund all federal mandates on public schools and opposes Trump efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. San Francisco has been a leader in addressing child care costs but with federal support, we can do more. Connie will work to pass legislation that brings down the cost of child care while ensuring early child care educators earn a living wage.San Francisco was a pioneer in creating Free City - free access to community college for every resident. Connie will champion this initiative in Congress and also push for more support for career and technical education, apprenticeships, and trades so that every young person, regardless of the path they take, has the skills and tools for a good-paying job.Connie also understands that higher education is unaffordable for many students. She supports efforts to reduce and eliminate student debt burdens and make public higher education tuition free.Climate ChangeAs a legislative staffer, Connie was proud to work with Supervisor Sophie Maxwell in shutting down the Mirant Power Plant that was polluting our communities. And she was proud that her first bill as a Supervisor was to ban oil extraction in San Francisco. She understands that climate change is a threat to our environment, our economy, and our health - one that disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities. Connie supports a Green New Deal to invest in clean energy that reduces greenhouse gases, moves us away from fossil fuels and foreign oil, and creates good paying jobs. She will support federal investments in public transit, walking, and biking to help us have healthier, more livable communities. Right now, it can be very difficult for local governments to fund transit and too often, they resort to regressive sales taxes. As our representative in Congress, Connie will be a partner in bringing home the resources needed to support these programs.Clean PowerSan Francisco’s recent citywide power outage left hundreds of thousands of residents in the dark, shut down small businesses during the busiest time of the year, disrupted public transit, and put vulnerable seniors and families at risk without heat or food. This failure exposed the consequences of relying on a privatized monopoly that prioritizes profits over delivering safe, reliable power. San Francisco and California deserve better. Connie is committed to holding Pacific Gas & Electric accountable and continuing to fight for a public energy system that works for our city. She will push to expand CleanPowerSF and advance state and federal policies that give cities the authority to build publicly owned, community-controlled energy systems.Global SecurityThe Trump Administration has been a disaster on foreign policy (as well as domestic). Connie Chan firmly opposes the Trump destruction of programs that supported vulnerable children and families overseas and their foolish trade war that has hurt our relationships and raised prices for consumers. Connie is firmly committed to a foreign policy that prioritizes peaceful solutions and supports democratic ideals and human rights. She will push to de-prioritize the use of military force and work for fair trade that uplifts workers and protects the global environment. And she will work to restore critical and life-saving foreign aid programs.Middle EastConnie Chan will be an immediate sponsor of the Block the Bombs Act which would prohibit the United States from transferring weapons that have been used by the Israeli military in Gaza. She understands that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clearly violated human rights and that his cynical attempts to evade criminal charges has prolonged the conflict. Connie Chan will advocate for a permanent ceasefire as a first step to a just solution for both the Jewish and Palestinian people. And she would push for a major expansion of food, medical and humanitarian aid in response to the genocide of the Palestinian people. The division over this conflict has led to increased anti-semitism and Islamophobia here in America and Connie will always stand against and fight bigotry in any form.AsiaConnie will always prioritize the pursuit of productive diplomatic solutions that promote mutual benefits in all regions of the world, including Asia. The world is large enough for every country to pursue sustainable and harmonious development. As the two largest economies in the world, both the United States and China can engage with one another through mutual respect, accountability and peaceful coexistence, safeguarding our national security while seeking common areas of agreement. While differences may exist on certain issues, Connie firmly believes these can and should be resolved through equal and constructive dialogue.Connie’s family roots trace back to mainland China. She was born in Hong Kong and attended elementary school in Taiwan, and she still has family members living in Hong Kong. Having lived and grown up in different regions, she has come to deeply appreciate the importance of peace and stability.Central AmericaThe Trump Administration has been a disaster for our national security. Nowhere is that more clear than the illegal bombing campaign against small boats in the Pacific and Caribbean. These executions, without any due process or evidence, are clear violations of international law and Connie Chan will fight to stop them, investigate them fully, and hold those responsible accountable.— Connie Chan's campaign website (March 5, 2026)Chan's campaign website stated the following:Connie Chan: On the IssuesWe need to fight back against the Trump Administration - and then we need to do more. Connie Chan will work to undo the damage created by Trump policies. And she'll advocate for solutions to long-standing issues so we can rebuild our middle class, strengthen the safety net and protect our rights.Lowering the Cost of Living, Expanding OpportunityConnie Chan understands that the affordability crisis is driven by both skyrocketing costs and shrinking opportunities for working people. For the past 40 years, productivity has gone up, but real wages have been stagnant for most workers. Small businesses have been squeezed by ever larger corporations. And in recent years, costs have gone through the roof, making it more difficult for all but the very wealthiest Americans to get by. Connie is committed to addressing both sides of the affordability crisis: costs and earnings. Connie will work to build housing working people and families can afford, protect the Affordable Care Act and expand Medicaid to bring down health premiums, and lower utility and energy costs for all by expanding our green infrastructure. San Francisco has been a leader in addressing child care costs but with federal support, we can do more - she will work to pass legislation that brings down the cost of child care while ensuring early child care educators earn a living wage.At the same time, Connie will support investments in manufacturing and construction to support middle income job creation and sectoral diversification, push for funding for career technical education to expand high-paying options for workers, and work in solidarity with organized labor to raise the national minimum wage and secure fair wages for all workers – in the United States and our major trading partners. She’ll also work to ensure that the benefits of technological progress are broadly shared by all. Connie will ensure that our public K-12 schools are fully resourced; restore and redouble national investment in our research universities and the innovations they drive; and stand up for sensible oversight of fair, competitive, and innovative financial markets.Finally, Connie will fight Donald Trump’s ridiculous and costly tariff policies which are hurting American workers and small businesses while pushing prices even higher for working families.

HousingWe need to build and support housing that our families can afford in ways that support vibrant, sustainable communities. Connie understands that a lack of funding has stalled far too many long-approved projects and that deregulation won’t build the housing San Francisco needs. The federal government can do much more to provide grants and low-interest loans to finance low- and middle-income housing, expand the housing tax credits that spur sustainable mixed use development, increase rental assistance to vulnerable tenants, and support innovative social housing programs designed to enable working families to remain in our cities. Connie knows that relying on corporate developers to build affordable housing hasn’t worked - we need direct federal investments in housing and transit so we can guarantee our City workforce can afford to live and thrive in San Francisco. She will make a commitment to secure the resources needed to create both low-income and middle-income housing, expand the paths to home ownership for first-time buyers, and protect tenants.ImmigrationSan Francisco is a city that was built by immigrants. No city in the nation understands more the importance of standing up for our immigrant communities and all those who have been targeted by Donald Trump. As a first generation immigrant, Connie feels this deeply and supports creating a pathway to citizenship, protecting and reaffirming birthright citizenship, and protecting San Francisco as a sanctuary city.Connie will stand up to the Trump Administration and demand an end to the raids that terrorize our immigrant communities, violate due process, and undermine our rights. She will call for full accountability of any administration official who has violated the law and the due process of our residents. And she’ll push for comprehensive immigration reform, humane border security, and an end to the inhuman abuses and discriminatory practices of ICE and CBP.Workers' RightsConnie has been a strong supporter of labor unions, collective bargaining, and workers’ rights. As Supervisor, she worked to strengthen protections for workers, raise wages, and combat wage theft. In Congress, she’ll work to empower American workers by protecting their right to organize and unionize.Connie will cosponsor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to provide more workers with the freedom to organize and negotiate with their employers. And she will work to strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act and its related agencies to ensure that workers are protected on the job - and that we have the oversight to make sure safe workplace rules are enforced.Health CareConnie Chan supports Medicare for All which guarantees that every American has a right to health care, everyone is covered, and the health care system is no longer driven by insurance companies. Connie will work to enact this critical legislation when elected to Congress. Connie also knows we have to protect the hard-won gains Americans have made thanks to the Affordable Care Act. She will push to restore funding to Medicaid, and renew subsidies that allowed families to buy insurance on the ACA exchanges. She will also support additional funding for community health clinics and restore the program to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.Connie also knows that health care research, funded by the federal government, has been fundamental in improving countless lives over the last century. San Francisco has been at the heart of these ground-breaking medical discoveries. She will fight against cuts to medical research and will demand a return to sound and non-politicized science at the FDA, CDC and other agencies that research or approve health care treatments.Reproductive RightsConnie will always fight for access to the full range of reproductive health care including abortion and affordable contraception. She will support and champion restoration of our fundamental right to make decisions about our own bodies and when and if to have children. And she will work to make sure no insurance or health care policy prohibits women from seeking the care they need and deserve.Connie will also push to restore full funding for Planned Parenthood which provides critical health services to over 2 million Americans every year.LGBTQ+Connie Chan will fight back against the bigoted and transphobic Trump agenda and work with likeminded colleagues to protect our LGBTQ+ community. She will support legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or sex, work to end the Trump prohibition on transgender men and women serving in the military, support the No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act, and she will work to ban conversion therapy nationally. Connie will also work to strengthen health access by pushing to lift any prohibitions for people on Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health programs to receive gender affirming care. She will work to increase funding for programs that support individuals living with HIV, for research into a cure for AIDS/HIV, and to support the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth – including the right of transgender youth to participate in sports teams consistent with their gender identity.EducationConnie Chan learned English attending a San Francisco public school. Public schools were a doorway to her new home in America and she believes those doorways must stay open for all students. She will vote to fully fund all federal mandates on public schools and opposes Trump efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. San Francisco has been a leader in addressing child care costs but with federal support, we can do more. Connie will work to pass legislation that brings down the cost of child care while ensuring early child care educators earn a living wage.San Francisco was a pioneer in creating Free City - free access to community college for every resident. Connie will champion this initiative in Congress and also push for more support for career and technical education, apprenticeships, and trades so that every young person, regardless of the path they take, has the skills and tools for a good-paying job.Connie also understands that higher education is unaffordable for many students. She supports efforts to reduce and eliminate student debt burdens and make public higher education tuition free.Climate ChangeAs a legislative staffer, Connie was proud to work with Supervisor Sophie Maxwell in shutting down the Mirant Power Plant that was polluting our communities. And she was proud that her first bill as a Supervisor was to ban oil extraction in San Francisco. She understands that climate change is a threat to our environment, our economy, and our health - one that disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities. Connie supports a Green New Deal to invest in clean energy that reduces greenhouse gases, moves us away from fossil fuels and foreign oil, and creates good paying jobs. She will support federal investments in public transit, walking, and biking to help us have healthier, more livable communities. Right now, it can be very difficult for local governments to fund transit and too often, they resort to regressive sales taxes. As our representative in Congress, Connie will be a partner in bringing home the resources needed to support these programs.Clean PowerSan Francisco’s recent citywide power outage left hundreds of thousands of residents in the dark, shut down small businesses during the busiest time of the year, disrupted public transit, and put vulnerable seniors and families at risk without heat or food. This failure exposed the consequences of relying on a privatized monopoly that prioritizes profits over delivering safe, reliable power. San Francisco and California deserve better. Connie is committed to holding Pacific Gas & Electric accountable and continuing to fight for a public energy system that works for our city. She will push to expand CleanPowerSF and advance state and federal policies that give cities the authority to build publicly owned, community-controlled energy systems.Global SecurityThe Trump Administration has been a disaster on foreign policy (as well as domestic). Connie Chan firmly opposes the Trump destruction of programs that supported vulnerable children and families overseas and their foolish trade war that has hurt our relationships and raised prices for consumers. Connie is firmly committed to a foreign policy that prioritizes peaceful solutions and supports democratic ideals and human rights. She will push to de-prioritize the use of military force and work for fair trade that uplifts workers and protects the global environment. And she will work to restore critical and life-saving foreign aid programs.Middle EastConnie Chan will be an immediate sponsor of the Block the Bombs Act which would prohibit the United States from transferring weapons that have been used by the Israeli military in Gaza. She understands that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clearly violated human rights and that his cynical attempts to evade criminal charges has prolonged the conflict. Connie Chan will advocate for a permanent ceasefire as a first step to a two-state solution. And she would push for a major expansion of food, medical and humanitarian aid in response to the genocide of the Palestinian people. The division over this conflict has led to increased anti-semitism and Islamophobia here in America and Connie will always stand against and fight bigotry in any form.AsiaConnie will always prioritize the pursuit of productive diplomatic solutions that promote mutual benefits in all regions of the world, including Asia. The world is large enough for every country to pursue sustainable and harmonious deve