Progressive Saikat Chakrabarti challenges Democrats’ Pelosi

Progressive Saikat Chakrabarti challenges Democrats’ Pelosi

SAN FRANCISCO: Can a challenger defeat four-decade Washington veteran Nancy Pelosi in the 2026 House race? That's what Saikat Chakrabarti, a progressive political advisor, is aiming for as he throws his hat in the ring for the next congressional race. At a launch event in San Francisco Tuesday evening, on the heels of progressive upsets in mayoral races in New York and Minneapolis, hundreds gathered to meet Chakrabarti, former campaign manager f…