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2026-10-03 · Aljazeera

Pelosi-backed US candidate calls for ‘full arms embargo’ on Israel

Connie Chan, the US Democrat endorsed by former House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in California’s 11th congressional district, has called for a “full arms embargo on the Israeli government”. In a televised debate on Thursday night, days before mail-in ballots are sent to California voters, Chan said that “on day one in Congress” she would vote to “end a genocide in Gaza and to end an apartheid state”. Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, faces fellow Democrat and California state Senator Scott Wiener in the race to succeed Pelosi. The former House speaker, 86, is not seeking re-election. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are at stake in November’s midterm elections, with both parties vying for control of Congress.

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