Political Notes: Transgender actress ramps up 2022 bid for Pelosi's House seat
A transgender actress is ramping up her campaign for San Francisco's newly numbered 11th Congressional District seat ahead of the June 7 primary.
Bianca Von Krieg aims to compete against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) in November."As a former systems engineer who graduated from Stanford, it is time we had someone commensurate with the demographics of this city.
We live in a broadband world; let's retire the dial-up derelicts from our politics," said Von Krieg, 31, who is bisexual, during a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter about her candidacy.Due to the decennial redistricting process, in which California lost a House seat, Pelosi's 12th Congressional District covering much of the city was renumbered this year.
She is expected to easily win reelection this fall to an 18th two-year term."While we have made progress, much more needs to be done to improve people's lives," Pelosi said in January when she officially launched her reelection campaign. "Our democracy is at risk because of assaults on the truth, the assault on the U.S.
