Vote For David Ganezer for #San Francisco Congress If You Hate Nancy Pelosi And Really Want to Piss Her Off. #InsiderTrading

Nancy Pelosi has just hand-picked San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan as her successor in California's 11th Congressional District, the seat she has held for nearly 40 years. After decades of dominating San Francisco politics, Pelosi is not leaving anything to chance. She is endorsing Chan as the candidate "best prepared" to carry forward her legacy in Congress.

If you are tired of that legacy - if you believe San Francisco and America deserve better - then I have a simple message: **Vote for me.**

I am David Ganezer, the Republican candidate for Congress in this race. If elected, I would be the one taking Nancy Pelosi's seat. And according to her own political machine, I am the very last person on the list of 11 candidates she wants you to support.

That should tell you everything you need to know.

Pelosi's endorsement of Connie Chan is not a surprise. It is the natural continuation of a political dynasty that has controlled San Francisco for generations. Chan, a progressive supervisor with strong labor backing, represents business as usual: more tenant protections, more government intervention, and more of the same policies that have left our streets littered with tents, needles, and human waste while driving out working families and businesses.

San Francisco voters deserve real representation - not another cog in the Pelosi machine.

**But make no mistake: the alternatives in this crowded Democratic primary could be even worse.** State Senator Scott Wiener, currently leading in many polls, has pushed some of the most extreme progressive policies in Sacramento - including legislation that critics say undermines parental rights, weakens public safety, and prioritizes ideology over practical governance. His record includes controversial bills on youth gender issues, criminal justice reforms that many residents blame for rising disorder, and a willingness to accept big-money support from cryptocurrency interests while opposing certain business taxes. Meanwhile, Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a founder of the Justice Democrats, represents the far-left insurgent wing. He advocates a "bottom-up political revolution" that includes aggressive wealth redistribution, defund-the-police-adjacent ideas, and a rejection of establishment Democrats - all while self-funding his campaign with tech millions. Either man would likely accelerate San Francisco's decline rather than reverse it, importing national progressive failures into a district already struggling under one-party rule.

This is the same Nancy Pelosi whose family's stock trades have consistently crushed the market year after year. While she denies any use of insider information, the numbers are hard to ignore. Her portfolio has delivered extraordinary returns that far outpace the S&P 500, even as she has long resisted meaningful bans on congressional stock trading.

If you cannot trust Pelosi with your own investment portfolio, why on earth would you trust her hand-picked political puppet - or any of the more extreme alternatives - to represent you in Congress?

For nearly four decades, Pelosi has wielded immense power in Washington. She has shaped policies on everything from housing to public safety to the economy. Yet under her watch and the one-party rule she helped entrench, San Francisco has become a national symbol of dysfunction: sky-high taxes and housing costs, record homelessness, businesses fleeing to red states with better outcomes, and a quality of life crisis that no amount of spin can hide.

I am not part of that machine. As a longtime newspaper publisher, former attorney, and Stanford graduate who served as a Coast Guard reservist in San Francisco's Presidio, I bring a different perspective. I am a social moderate who supports gay marriage and abortion rights, but I believe government must deliver practical results on housing, public safety, and economic vitality - not ideology.

I support policies that make life easier for working people: real solutions to homelessness that prioritize treatment and accountability, tax and regulatory relief to keep businesses and families in California, and a focus on results over rhetoric.

The Pelosi-Chan continuity plan - or any of the more radical options - offers more of what we already have - and what too many residents are fleeing. If you want change, reject the anointed successor and the even more extreme alternatives. Vote for the candidate Pelosi fears the most: the outsider who will fight for a San Francisco that works again.

The June 2 primary is your chance. In California's top-two system, every vote counts. Whether you are a Democrat disillusioned with the status quo, an independent tired of machine politics, or a Republican ready for bold representation - this is the moment.

Vote for me if you want accountability. Vote for me if you want fresh leadership. And yes - vote for me if you have had enough of Nancy Pelosi.

San Francisco and California deserve better. Let's deliver it together.

David Ganezer is the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in California's 11th District and longtime publisher of the Santa Monica Observer. Learn more at GanezerforCongress.com.