Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday: I will not seek re-election To the U.S. House of Representatives. Pelosi, a Democrat who is the first woman to serve as speaker and has represented the city of San Francisco for nearly 40 years, said she plans to complete the final year of her term.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California holds the gavel at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019 (AP Photo/Carolyn Castor, File)
President Donald Trump looks over at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence looks on, February 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (left) kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California (right) in the White House Rose Garden before President Barack Obama addresses members of Congress on April 21, 2015 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California reacts while listening to questions from reporters during her weekly press conference at the Capitol on Thursday, September 30, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who was re-elected to a third term during the opening of the 114th Congress, with Republicans in full control for the first time in eight years, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2015. January 6, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martínez Monsivais, File)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California gestures and speaks about health care during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters after a campaign event in support of Proposition 50 in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 (Gabriel Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, bump elbows as they attend a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends Emily’s List 2008 Convention Gala at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 26, 2008 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
