Scott Wiener
Advanced from the June 2, 2026 top-two primary with about 40.7% of the vote.
Scott Wiener is a California state senator representing San Francisco, first elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. An attorney by training, he is known for authoring housing-streamlining legislation and is campaigning as the more moderate, results-focused candidate in the race, emphasizing his record of passing more than 100 state laws.[2]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
On the record — official actions
Positions on the issues
- SupportsLoosen zoning rules to build more housing
Campaign site says he authored California's most consequential housing-streamlining laws and helped build the statewide YIMBY movement, and will push federal policy to lower housing costs and build more homes.[5]
- SupportsProtect legal access to abortion
Says he will fight to protect reproductive freedom in California and nationally, citing his work fortifying state protections for providers and patients after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.[5]
- SupportsExpand public health coverage
Supports Medicare for All and says he will work to reverse federal cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.[5]
- SupportsStricter gun laws
Says he will fight for an assault weapons ban, safe storage requirements, and funding to keep communities safe from gun violence.[5]
- OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportations
Says he will fight to protect immigrant communities and "abolish ICE," citing legislation he authored to end ICE agents' use of masks and to allow lawsuits against ICE for rights violations.[5]
- SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels
Says he passed a first-in-the-nation law requiring large corporations to disclose carbon emissions and will take on corporate polluters in Congress.[5]
In their words — priorities
- Campaign site says he is a nationally recognized leader on housing, citing California streamlining laws he authored that led to construction of tens of thousands of homes, including 3,000-plus below-market-rate units in San Francisco.[5]
- Says he will push for Medicare for All and, in the meantime, work on health care affordability by capping insulin at $35 per month, reducing prior authorizations, and lowering prescription drug prices.[5]
- Says he will fight to protect immigrant communities, citing his authorship of first-in-the-nation legislation making it illegal for ICE agents to wear masks.[5]
Background
- Holds a B.S. from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard University.[4]
- Worked as a clerk for the Supreme Court of New Jersey and as a deputy city attorney in the San Francisco City Attorney's Office.[4]
- Represented District 8 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2011 to 2016 before his election to the California Senate.[2]
Campaign money
Raised $4.6M · spent $3.3M · $1.2M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗