Wiener set to replace Pelosi in San Francisco, as Chan concedes

California state lawmaker Scott Wiener appears to have defeated congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s hand-picked successor in her San Francisco congressional district. Democrat Connie Chan said she does not have a “clear path to victory” in California’s 11th Congressional District, conceding defeat in a post on social media. “I congratulate Scott Wiener on his election,” she said. Pelosi, the 86-year-old former House speaker, is retiring from Congress when her term ends in early January. “San...