Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will not seek reelection to the U.S. House. Pelosi, a Democrat who was the first woman in the speaker’s office and who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years, said she would finish out her final year in office.
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FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California holds the gavel at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - President Donald Trump turns to House speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)
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FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, in the Rose Garden of the White House before President Barack Obama's remarks to members of Congress, April 21, 2015 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. reacts as she listens to a question from a reporter during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)
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FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. after being re-elected to a third term during the opening session of the 114th Congress, as Republicans assume full control for the first time in eight years, Jan. 6, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gestures while speaking about health care during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)
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FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, bump elbows as they attend a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is seen at the Emily's List 2008 Convention Gala at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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