Supervisor Connie Chan conceded the race to succeed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday afternoon, after the latest vote update showed her trailing state Sen. Scott Wiener 44.5% to 55.5%, Mission Local reported. Local News Matters put the count at more than 176,000 votes as of Wednesday afternoon.
"After reviewing the results and the ballots remaining to be counted, while we expect the margin to narrow significantly, we do not have a clear path to victory," Chan said in a statement published by NBC Bay Area. "I congratulate Scott Wiener on his election and wish him success in serving San Francisco."
Chan, the District 1 supervisor, had Pelosi's endorsement and thanked her for "four decades of extraordinary service." She told supporters that "this election has ended, but our movement and our commitment to one another carries forward."
Wiener thanked Chan "for a spirited and hard-fought campaign," adding: "We've had our disagreements, but we share a deep love for San Francisco and for our country." Mission Local reported that he named housing, universal health care, the "threat of artificial intelligence" and holding the Trump administration accountable as his priorities.
Wiener will be the first LGBTQ person to represent San Francisco in Congress, Local News Matters noted. He served on the Board of Supervisors before winning a state Senate seat in 2016. Mission Local called it the city's first competitive congressional race in nearly four decades.
For more on the city's election night, see our earlier results story.
Vote counts cited here are unofficial. Bay Area counties are still processing mail and provisional ballots, and results are not certified until later this month, so margins can change.