Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will face a primary challenge in 2026 from Scott Wiener, a leather-wearing state lawmaker who is a “drag queen advocate” and has already raised $1 million for his campaign.

Wiener , who has represented San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area in the California Senate since 2016, had previously said he would wait until Pelosi, 85, retired to run for her long-held congressional seat, but multiple outlets reported on Friday that the state lawmaker will announce his candidacy for Congress next week. 3

“Scott Wiener for Congress,” the state senator’s congressional campaign committee, was set up in 2023 and reported over $1 million in contributions at the end of the last month. Meanwhile, Pelosi reported about $2 million in contribu

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