Jackie Speier
Retirement? Too boring. Democrat who represented the Peninsula in Congress from 2008 to 2023 wins a San Mateo County supervisors seat, returning to an office she first won in 1980 as a 30-year-old.
Peter Dixon
Portola Valley Democrat spent more than any other candidate in Silicon Valley House race — $2.8 million, half of which was his own. But without elected office experience or name recognition, he finished a distant fifth.
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiHouse Speaker emerita and fundraising titan gave a key endorsement to Adam Schiff, helping him win Senate primary. But can she boost enough Dems in close California House races to help regain the majority?