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Millionaire tech mogul trying to take Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat is mercilessly mocked by locals as he gets drag queen to endorse him

2026-03-22

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A millionaire tech mogul has launched an unlikely bid for Nancy Pelosi's coveted congressional seat, but the stacked primary has proved challenging as he reportedly struggles to resonate with constituents.

Saikat Chakrabarti, 40,

…fired for getting caught funneling $1.2 million from AOC’s campaign to his own LLC…

initially threw his hat in the ring against the former Speaker of the House, until Pelosi announced last November that she would not seek re-election.

Now Chakrabarti faces two challengers for the open seat, both of whom have fostered careers in local San Francisco politics.

Meanwhile, Chakrabarti has ruffled some feathers after he received the endorsement of famous drag queen Peaches earlier this week.

The two shared a video on Thursday, announcing a joint Get Out the Vote and drag show event called Drag Me to Vote on April 4.

In another video, Peaches explained why she endorsed Chakrabarti, writing on Instagram: 'San Francisco has a rare opportunity right now.

'This congressional race will decide whether we keep accepting business as usual or whether we send someone to Washington willing to actually challenge the systems that created the crises we’re living through.'

The endorsement received some backlash online, with commenters accusing Chakrabarti of not focusing on the issues at hand affecting locals in the Bay Area.

Unlike his challengers, Chakrabarti lacks political experience in the city he is running to represent.

He became a tech millionaire for his work as a software engineer at the payment processing company, Stripe.

Chakrabarti then pivoted from technology to politics, working on Senator Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and serving as chief of staff to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Wiener capitalized on Chakrabarti's wealth and inexperience in San Francisco, launching an attack ad criticizing him for using his money to fund his campaign while touting that he does not take corporate funds.

'My opponent is using his vast personal wealth to try to buy a seat in Congress. I’m not worth hundreds of millions like he is, but what I do have is decades of real experience delivering for San Francisco,' Wiener wrote on social media earlier this month.

'Being hyper-rich can buy you a lot of things, but it shouldn’t be able to buy you an election.'

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