California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday that he will endorse Scott Wiener, a prominent state lawmaker, to succeed Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco’s representative in the House.
“He takes on big, tough issues. He’s very thoughtful,” Bonta told POLITICO. “He could be and will be an incredible congressperson.”
Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, announced earlier in the day that she will not run for another term in Congress — setting off a cascade of campaign maneuvering in San Francisco as Democrats seize on the rare opportunity of an open House seat in this center of Democratic politics…