Nancy Pelosi’s office sidesteps retirement rumors after NBC report
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Former Speaker of the Parliament Nancy Pelosi‘s office is ignoring rumors that he may soon leave Congress.
NBC News It was reported Monday that Pelosi of California “is expected to make an announcement” about her political future after Election Day on Tuesday, with unnamed sources predicting the Democratic political titan will retire at the end of her term.
But when asked for comment on the report by Fox News Digital, Pelosi’s spokesperson did not mention her stepping aside or her long-term plans in general.
VOTES ARE CONTINUING IN THE 2025 ELECTION THAT COULD DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS CAN BE KEPT AT HOME FOR THE 2026 MIDTERMS.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with members of the media after a classified briefing on TikTok at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 12, 2024. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Speaker Pelosi is fully focused on her mission to win the Yes on 50 special election in California on Tuesday,” said Pelosi spokesman Ian Krager. “He calls on all Californians to join this mission to take back the House of Representatives for Democrats.”
“Yes to 50” refers to Democrats’ campaign asking California voters to allow the state legislature to temporarily bypass the nonpartisan redistricting commission to pass a new congressional map that would give the left an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections.
This move is being led by the Governor of California. Gavin NewsomPotential 2028 presidential candidate in response to Texas adopting a new map that will give Republicans an advantage in next year’s races.
A flyer urging people to vote for Proposition 50 sits on a desk at the Fresno County Democratic Party office. (Amalia Roy)
An unnamed California House Democrat told NBC News: “I think he’s out there. He’s going to come out overwhelmingly passing Prop 50, and what an accomplishment for him to do that.”
CALIFORNIA FARMERS RECYCLING PROP 50 AS THEY SEE THE DEMOCRATS’ NEW HOME MAP
Meanwhile at least two There are democrats They have already announced their intention to challenge Pelosi for her seat in California’s 11th congressional district.
The last hopeful State Senator Scott Wienerwhich announced its campaign late last month.
California State Senator Scott Wiener speaks at a nationwide “Fair Majority” bus tour press conference to call for reform to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2023 in Sacramento, California. (Kimberly White/Getty Images)
Saikat ChakrabartiAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a software engineer and left-wing activist who serves as D.N.Y.’s chief of staff, is also in the race.
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Pelosi has been a powerful player in US politics for decades, as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and then from 2019 to 2023.
He first came to Congress in 1987, after winning a special election to replace the late Rep. Sala Burton, D-Calif.
