Supervisor Connie Chan outraised state Sen. Scott Wiener from July through September, $1.1 million to $936,000, in the race to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, Mission Local reported.
That leaves both campaigns with almost exactly the same cash for the final weeks before Nov. 3: about $843,000 each.
The money at a glance
- Total raised: Wiener $5.3 million, Chan $2.2 million.
- Outside spending: $6.2 million in all. $3.3 million supporting Wiener and $1.7 million attacking Chan; $940,000 supporting Chan and $260,000 attacking Wiener, according to Mission Local and The San Francisco Focal.
- Biggest pro-Wiener PAC: Abundant Future has spent $2.2 million, including money from Public First Action, a pro-AI-regulation group backed by Anthropic, the Focal reported. The Standard first reported the AI group's involvement on Oct. 13.
Pelosi's network vs. tech donors
Pelosi, who endorsed Chan before the primary, has hosted several fundraisers bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pelosi family members gave $8,000 in late September, and at least 18 current or former Pelosi aides gave Chan $12,310 this quarter, Mission Local reported.
Wiener spokesperson Joe Arellano said Chan received at least $15,250 from 17 donors with federal lobbying records. "Connie Chan may have concocted an image of herself as a progressive fighter, but her fundraising proves otherwise," he said. Chan's campaign said it will return $3,500 from a pharmaceutical lobbyist.
Chan's campaign has targeted Wiener's tech backers, including crypto executive Chris Larsen. "Wiener's principles sound firm in a campaign speech and become negotiable when there's a check attached," Chan spokesperson Ian Krager said. Wiener returned a $3,500 donation from a Palantir executive in September because of the company's work with ICE, his campaign said.
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