If ShahidForChange falls short of the 25% he got four years ago, it will be another sign that progressive SF is in retreat. However, if he does better this time, it may be a sign that after Pelosi, The City’s representation in D.C. may move further left.
Shahid Buttar, a Stanford-educated lawyer and activist who has never held elective office and who lost to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi in 2018 and 2020, is attempting to unseat her again in November.
Yet Pelosi’s next term may be very different because she will likely be in the minority as the Republicans seemed poised to win back control of the House. Moreover, because it is likely her last term, she will have less leverage when negotiating with members of either party. All this raises the question of why she is running at all.
When I asked Buttar how he differed most from Pelosi, he responded, “The biggest area is corruption and the role of corporate influence and the role of steering corporate interest in federal policy making. That breaks down to a bunch of different subsidiary issues.” Buttar then explained how he saw that corruption — specifically the role of corporate America in funding campaigns — as leading Pelosi to conservative positions on issues such as health care and climate change.
From a campaign perspective, it is hard to argue with Pelosi’s approach.
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