We can all stop guessing now: Rep. Nancy Pelosi is not running for another term.
State Sen. Scott Wiener has all-but announced he is seeking Pelosi’s seat, and I know Wiener well enough to say that he would never defy the Democratic Party leadership and take on the speaker emerita. So the face that he’s running means Pelosi is not.
We have all heard for years that Pelosi’s daughter, Christine, would be the nepo-baby candidate when Nancy retired, but if that’s going to happen, she needs to start running, now. And she isn’t.
So at this point, it’s Wiener and Saikat Chakrabarti, a former software engineer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez staffer who is worth more than $100 million. Chakrabarti, who describes himself as a progressive and wants to take on the AOC legacy, is going to have a