Report: Rep. Nancy Pelosi Will Not Seek Reelection

[mystery-ak]

Report: Rep. Nancy Pelosi Will Not Seek Reelection


By Eric Mack    |   Monday, 03 November 2025 09:29 AM EST


Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reportedly will not seek reelection in 2026 as Democrats are preparing for Pelosi's retirement from Congress.

The retirement plans are expected to be announced after Tuesday's elections, multiple party sources told NBC News.

Pelosi, 85, spent two stints as speaker, which would end nearly 40 years representing her San Francisco district.

Fueling speculation, Pelosi has not discouraged Democratic primary challengers — state Sen. Scott Wiener and former tech executive Saikat Chakrabarti — despite a multimillion-dollar campaign war chest.

Colleagues say she has hinted at stepping aside, joking recently she hopes to watch Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., sworn in as the first Black House speaker "if she's still allowed on the floor."

Pelosi spokesperson Ian Krager declined to confirm her plans, saying she remains "fully focused" on passing Democrats' partisan redistricting ballot measure Prop 50, which Democrats view as key to reclaiming the House majority.

Pelosi told the San Francisco Examiner her priority is winning the measure — "the best antidote to poison," she said, apparently referring to efforts to redistrict in red states like Texas and obstructing President Donald Trump's agenda.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/2026-midterms-election/2025/11/03/id/1232964/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Will she retire to her mansion in Florida?

Whom will she appoint to take her seat? (Elections are merely ceremonial for Dems).

[Free Vulcan]

Why are they getting rid of me? I'm good for four or five more elections!

[American Girl]

Excerpt:
After nearly forty years in Congress, it looks like Nancy Pelosi might finally be calling it quits — and across the country, millions of Americans are saying, “It’s about time.”

According to a new report from NBC’s Scott Wong, multiple Democratic insiders in both California and Washington, D.C. believe Pelosi will **not** seek reelection in 2026. “I think she’s preparing to exit the stage,” one senior Democratic aide admitted. Another Democrat told Wong, “I wish she would stay for 10 more years. I think she’s out.”





This could be good news, but nothing will change until we have term limits.

https://www.usasupreme.com/breaking-report-reveals-if-nancy-pelosi-is-seeking-reelection-in-2026/

[libertybele]

Yay!!! 

[berdie]

In my mind, politics would be very stressful. I wouldn't have waited until I was 85 to say adios.

[Kamaji]

About effing time.

[mountaineer]

Stupid old demented drunk says Trump is vile and the "worst person on the face of the earth."

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1985477782395125844

[Wingnut]

 At 85 one should be making their personal final plan for exit the living. Not making them for the voters.

[GtHawk]

[catfish1957]

Kind of shocked.  I figured she'd milk it to the grave.