Nancy Pelosi 's storied political career is coming to an end.

The former speaker of the House — and still the only woman to serve in the position — announced on Thursday, Nov. 6, that she won't be seeking reelection in her San Francisco-based district in 2026, capping her 40-year career in Congress.

In a nearly six-minute video framed as a love letter to San Francisco, she summarized her decades of service and urged her hometown to remember that there is "always much more work to be done" as she clears the way for a new representative.

Pelosi has served 20 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was House speaker from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. When Republicans retook control of Congress in the 2022 midterms, she stepped down as leader of the House Democrats and

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