Nancy Pelosi is an American politician who is the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, representing California’s 12th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi is the first woman to have served as Speaker of the House. She previously also served as House Minority Leader from 2013 to 2019. Wikipedia*

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The Nancy Pelosin has 207 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 House Proceeding. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 34 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2010 with an average of 1,265 views per program. Most appearances with Steny Hoyer (6), Eliot Engel (5), James P. Moran (5). Most common tags: Democratic Party, California, House of Representatives.

Nancy Pelosi was born on March 26, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father, Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., was a U.S. congressman from Maryland, and her mother, Annunciata, was a homemaker. Pelosi attended Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1962.

Pelosi began her political career in the 1970s, working as a staffer for California Representative Phillip Burton. In 1976, she was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California’s 8th Congressional District. She has been reelected to the House 14 times and is currently the Minority Leader.

In 2002, Pelosi was elected as the first female Speaker of the House. She served in this role from 2007 to 2011, and again from 2019 to present.

Pelosi has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, and has been a leading figure in the impeachment investigations against him.

Pelosi will be a tough act to follow

The last time Nancy Pelosi ran for the Democratic nomination for speaker of the House, her chief rival was Steny Hoyer, who’d served in the House for 28 years. This time, if Pelosi decides to seek re-election, she’ll face a handful of challengers, including at least four Democrats who’ve served for fewer than four years. One of them, Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, has already signaled her intention to run.

Fudge is a former Democratic National Committee chair who was elected to Congress in 2008. She’s been a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and she’s supported single-payer health care and expanding Social Security.

In 2016, Fudge endorsed Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, and she spoke at the Democratic National Convention. But she’s been critical of the party’s leadership since the election. “I am concerned that the Democratic Party has not done enough to be inclusive and has not done enough to reach out to people of color,” she told Politico in March.

Fudge isn’t the only potential challenger to Pelosi with progressive credentials. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of

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