Staggering amount ex-AOC aide wasted on failed Pelosi succession bid
The candidate finished last of the three major candidates vying to replace Nancy Pelosi.
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Politics Staggering amount ex-AOC aide wasted on failed Pelosi succession bid By Titus Wu Published June 19, 2026, 9:54 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Lefty tech millionaire Saikat Chakrabarti spent nearly $10 million of his own cash to fill Nancy Pelosi’s shoes in Congress for San Francisco, only to majorly flop and miss out on a spot in the general election. The extent of his loss was not only humiliating in terms of results – he won just one precinct – but also financially, according to an analysis by Mission Local. The former aide to socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent about $211.3 per vote, which is $8.85 million for 42,049 votes.
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